The meaning of Overcast

adjective

Of the very darkest colour owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white.

Usage examples:

Black smoke

verb

Belonging to or denoting any human group having dark-coloured skin, especially of african or australian aboriginal ancestry.

Usage examples:

Black adolescents of jamaican descent

noun

Another term for hamburger.

adjective

Gloomy; depressing.

Usage examples:

The corridors were ill-lit and cheerless

adjective

Not bright or pleasant and making you feel sad

Usage examples:

A cold and cheerless winter afternoon, a bare, cheerless apartment

verb

(of the sky) become overcast or gloomy.

Usage examples:

The blue skies clouded over abruptly

noun

A visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the general level of the ground.

Usage examples:

The sun had disappeared behind a cloud

noun

Used to refer to a state or cause of gloom, suspicion, trouble, or worry.

Usage examples:

The only cloud on the immediate horizon is raising a mortgage

adjective

(of the sky or weather) covered with or characterized by clouds.

Usage examples:

A very grey, cloudy day

adjective

Full of clouds

Usage examples:

A cloudy day

adjective

With little or no light.

Usage examples:

It's too dark to see much

noun

The absence of light in a place.

Usage examples:

Carolyn was sitting in the dark

adjective

Having no light; made dark.

Usage examples:

A darkened room

verb

Make or become dark or darker.

Usage examples:

The sky was darkening rapidly

adjective

Made dark, or without light

Usage examples:

We crept slowly along the darkened corridor., i sit in a darkened cinema waiting for the film to be…

adjective

Covered or marked with an unclean substance.

Usage examples:

A tray of dirty cups and saucers

adverb

Used for emphasis.

Usage examples:

A dirty great slab of stone

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

She didn't like him dirtying her nice clean towels

adjective

Causing a mood of gloom or depression.

Usage examples:

The dismal weather made the late afternoon seem like evening

adjective

Dark and sad, without hope, or very bad

Usage examples:

The trip was a dismal failure.

adjective

Very bad

Usage examples:

In january, after a dismal holiday sales season, the retailer filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy prote…

adjective

Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive.

Usage examples:

The dreary round of working, eating, and trying to sleep

adjective

Unattractive and having nothing of any interest, and therefore likely to make you sad

Usage examples:

It was a gray, dreary day, with periods of rain.

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

Usage examples:

Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

Usage examples:

Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

Usage examples:

Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

adjective

Full of or characterized by fog.

Usage examples:

A dark and foggy night

adjective

With fog

Usage examples:

A cold, foggy day, side effects include headaches, nausea, weakness, and foggy thinking., i get fog…

adjective

Of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead.

Usage examples:

Grey flannel trousers

noun

Grey colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Dirty intermediate tones of grey

verb

(especially of hair) become grey with age.

Usage examples:

He had put on weight and greyed somewhat

adjective

Covered by a haze.

Usage examples:

It was a beautiful day but quite hazy

adjective

Of great weight; difficult to lift or move.

Usage examples:

A heavy and bulky load

noun

A thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind.

Usage examples:

Meanwhile, he is leading the charge at airport to beef up the runway and expand support facilities …

adverb

Heavily.

Usage examples:

Heavy-laden

adjective

Dull, heavy, or slow.

Usage examples:

His eyelids were leaden with sleep

adjective

Like lead in color or weight; gray or heavy

Usage examples:

They said goodbye under a leaden sky.

verb

Look angry or sullen; frown.

Usage examples:

The lofty statue lowers at patients in the infirmary

adjective

(of the sky) dark and threatening.

Usage examples:

A day of lowering cloud

noun

The action of moving someone or something in a downward direction.

Usage examples:

Conditions do not allow the lowering of a rescue boat

adjective

Suggesting the presence of danger; threatening.

Usage examples:

Our officers encountered menacing looks from teenagers

verb

Be a threat or possible danger to.

Usage examples:

Africa's elephants are still menaced by poaching

adjective

Making you think that someone is going to do something bad

Usage examples:

A menacing look/gesture

adjective

Full of, covered with, or accompanied by mist.

Usage examples:

The evening was cold and misty

adjective

Slightly wet

Usage examples:

His eyes grew misty as he remembered her.

adjective

Dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist.

Usage examples:

The sky was murky and a thin drizzle was falling

adjective

Dark or cloudy

Usage examples:

Murky waters, the movie has dumb characters and a murky plot (= it is difficult to understand).

verb

Make dark, gloomy, or obscure.

Usage examples:

The darkness of the beginning overclouds the set

adjective

Without any sun.

Usage examples:

A sunless winter day

adjective

Without any sun

Usage examples:

It was a grey and sunless day and our spirits were low.

adjective

Having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner.

Usage examples:

Her mother had received a threatening letter

verb

State one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done.

Usage examples:

How dare you threaten me?

adjective

Expressing the possibility that something unwanted or unpleasant will happen

Usage examples:

Threatening skies meant a storm was coming., she received several threatening phone calls after her…