overcast

Meaning

Noun

1. A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
2. (obsolete) An outcast.
3. A place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.

Adj

1. Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
2. (figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To overthrow.
2. (transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
3. (transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To be or become cloudy.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To transform.
6. (transitive) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.

Synonyms

cloudy

☁️

dull

gloomy

dark

cloud

☁️

clouded

dim

cloudiness

lowering

cloud-covered

cloud cover

sunless

obscure

overcasting

become cloudy

foggy

🌁

cover

spaced-out

spacey

spacy

covered

stoned

darken

threatening

mellow

misty

overcloud

overspread

vague

vagueness

whip

overcast sky

dense clouds

nubilous

low and deep

air crossing

rainy-looking

stormy-looking

nubilose

verduisteren

bewolken

nublar

beset

blur

cast shadow

closed

cloud bank

darkness

dimness

dully

dusk

enclosed

grave

🪦

haze

haziness

hazy

louring

morose

murk

murky

nebulous

obscurity

overshadow

shade

shady

shut

spread

steamy

surrounded

Translations

coperto

bedeckt

bewölkt

couvert

nuageux

☁️

wolkenverhangen

nuvoloso

☁️

verduisteren

betrokken

annuvolato

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: overcasten

Cognate with Swedish: överkast

In summary

From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- + cast. Compare Swedish överkast.