cloudiness

When the sky is overcast, it has the quality of cloudiness. Your favorite days at the beach might be when cloudiness keeps everyone else away!

You can use this noun for the state of being overcast or foggy, like the cloudiness at the top of a mountain or the cloudiness that makes it impossible to watch a meteor shower. It's also good for something that's unclear or vague, whether it's water or ideas. So the cloudiness of a pond might keep you from diving in, and the cloudiness of a philosopher's writing may leave you more confused than before you opened the book.

Definitions of cloudiness

1. noun

   the quality of being cloudy
   synonyms: muddiness, murkiness

   types:

   turbidity, turbidness

   muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended

   haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness

   cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor

   type of:

   opacity, opaqueness

   the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
2. noun

   the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
   synonyms: cloud cover, overcast

   type of:

   bad weather, inclemency, inclementness

   weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
3. noun

   gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover
   synonyms: overcast

   type of:

   semidarkness

   partial darkness