Thesaurus / overcast
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A room glows with fluorescent light of the same hue as a yellowed, overcast sky after a storm.
D.C. IS A CITY OF GRAND MONUMENTS AND FEDERAL BUILDINGS. THESE PHOTOS CAPTURE THE OFTEN UNSEEN POETIC DETAILS.KELSEY ABLESJULY 30, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIt’s the first since the Terps ended a 42-year title drought in 2017, when they knocked off Ohio State on a chilly, overcast New England holiday afternoon — similar to the one expected Monday at Rentschler Field.
MARYLAND EYES PERFECTION AND VIRGINIA SEEKS CONSECUTIVE CROWNS IN THE MEN’S LACROSSE TITLE GAMEPATRICK STEVENSMAY 30, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSpotty light showers and drizzle persist through much of the day under overcast skies, perhaps diminishing a bit during the afternoon as skies turn slightly brighter.
D.C.-AREA FORECAST: ANOTHER CLUNKER TODAY BEFORE A MUCH NICER MEMORIAL DAYBRIAN JACKSONMAY 30, 2021WASHINGTON POSTShe thought about her family, her job, her hair as she gazed at the overcast sky and, before Sergio could see, wiped away the tears.
A CRISIS OF UNDIAGNOSED CANCERS IS EMERGING IN THE PANDEMIC’S SECOND YEARBY DUAA ELDEIB, VIDEO BY ALEX GARCIAMAY 4, 2021PROPUBLICAThursday’s forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, becoming more overcast as the day wears on, with a high of 82 and winds at 10-15 mph.
JUSTIN ROSE, WITH A BACK NINE OUT OF A DREAM, RACES TO A FOUR-SHOT LEAD AT THE MASTERSCHUCK CULPEPPER, SCOTT ALLEN, DES BIELERAPRIL 9, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHopefully we make the upper 50s but if drizzle and overcast skies linger into the afternoon, mid-50s may be all we get.
D.C.-AREA FORECAST: PLEASANT BUT NOT AS WARM TODAY. SHOWERS AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT INTO THE WEEKENDDAVID STREITAPRIL 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIt was overcast and cold, with the high temperature only a single degree above freezing.
DAY AFTER SUNDAY STORM, SIGNS OF SNOW REMAIN HEREMARTIN WEILFEBRUARY 2, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSkies will become overcast and temperatures will drop into the mid- to upper 20s area-wide.
PM UPDATE: SNOW STARTS TO PILE UP ON SUNDAYGREG PORTERJANUARY 30, 2021WASHINGTON POSTNote that a bit of late-morning and midday smoke and haze may arrive ahead of overcast skies developing during the afternoon.
D.C.-AREA FORECAST: SHOWERS BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING, THEN PERHAPS SOME SNOW SHOWERS SATURDAYA. CAMDEN WALKERJANUARY 15, 2021WASHINGTON POSTA hollow circle indicates clear skies, while a solid circle denotes overcast conditions that could ruin a backpacking trip.
HOW TO READ A SURFACE WEATHER MAPDENNIS MERSEREAUOCTOBER 15, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEWORDS RELATED TO OVERCAST
- afflictive
- black
- boring
- cheerless
- cloudy
- dark
- depressed
- depressing
- desolate
- despondent
- dim
- dingy
- disagreeable
- discouraging
- disheartening
- dispiriting
- doleful
- dolorous
- dull
- forlorn
- frowning
- funereal
- ghastly
- gruesome
- hopeless
- horrible
- horrid
- in the pits
- inauspicious
- joyless
- lonesome
- lowering
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- miserable
- monotonous
- morbid
- murky
- oppressive
- overcast
- sad
- shadowy
- somber
- sorrowful
- tedious
- tenebrous
- troublesome
- unfortunate
- unhappy
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