as in hazy
covered over by clouds
the dark, overcast sky made the whole day seem depressing
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as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
an impenetrable fog overcast our view of the harbor
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Recent Examples of overcast
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
16 June 2026
Additional Tips for Streak-Free Windows Clean windows on a calm, overcast day.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026
Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
Short term reversals shouldn’t overcast longer term progress, Reed added.
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Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 July 2024
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Adjective
How to Split Daylilies The best time to split daylilies is on a cool, overcast day just before rain is expected.
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Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
16 June 2026
Additional Tips for Streak-Free Windows Clean windows on a calm, overcast day.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026
Verb
In spring, when the weather can go from sunny to breezy and overcast by noon, the jacket’s high-neck shape can provide extra warmth.
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Kaitlin Clapinski,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
Short term reversals shouldn’t overcast longer term progress, Reed added.
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Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcast
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Nearly everyone knows the Boston Tea Party; many can summon at least a hazy memory of the Stamp Act or the Townshend duties.
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That could result in a slightly muted sky and a softer, hazier sun angle through the afternoon, though surface visibility impacts should remain limited.
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The irony is a bit hard to ignore — the very environment being modified to protect or maintain beaches was simultaneously obscuring the ecological processes happening just offshore.
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And what’s a novelist but a fence, furnishing imaginary scenes with choice pieces of reality while obscuring their provenance?
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She’s talked up her push to convert darkened streetlights, many of them stripped of their copper wire, to solar power.
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In the darkened foyer, Ember contemplated this unassuming bit of paper, momentarily paralyzed by a mixture of dread and excitement stirred together, an overpowering sensation that oozed from the crown of her head, down the length of her body, then hardened, like a soft golden resin becoming solid.
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As Americans live longer and spend more years managing chronic illness, cognitive decline and complex healthcare needs, the traditional boundaries between estate planning, financial planning and healthcare planning are beginning to blur.
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Coleman, himself a musician, has intentionally blurred the lines between brewing and performance.
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Ciudad Perdida, Colombia Hidden deep within the misty peaks of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the ancient city of Teyuna—better known as Ciudad Perdida—is one of South America’s most extraordinary archaeological sites.
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With the mild temps, southeastern Wisconsin is experiencing some light, misty rain and foggy conditions.
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Auto-correct tools generally brighten photos, but this one also knows when an image needs darkening.
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Its most dramatic attack occurred last week, when hundreds of drones overwhelmed Moscow’s air defenses and hit refineries and storage tanks, sending up black plumes of smoke that darkened the sky.
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Within days of the pool being refilled in early June, the water had turned green and algae-clouded amid a heat wave in Washington, DC that saw temperatures reach 100 degrees.
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Smoke clouded swaths of Los Angeles for a sixth day Monday, after a fire broke out at a warehouse in the Boyle Heights area.
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Theaters in London’s West End will dim their lights Wednesday evening in tribute to her.
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White light ranges from a warm 2700K through to a cool 6500K with dimming from 1% to 100%, while RGBIC technology allows multiple colours to appear across the light simultaneously for more dynamic scenes during gaming, movie nights or parties.
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“Overcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcast. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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