Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: overcast
IPA transcription: ['oʊvɚk,æst]
Pronunciations of overcast
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cloud-covered, clouded, overcast, sunless
    Meaning: filled or abounding with clouds
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cloudiness, cloud_cover, overcast
    Meaning: the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds
Usage examples
  • On turning out found sky overcast; a beastly position amidst crevasses.
  • In the afternoon it was overcast; land blotted out for a considerable interval.
  • Towards evening the sky becomes overcast and the troubled water looks thick and muddy.
  • It was already night, cold and cheerless, the heavens being overcast with clouds which seemed to threaten snow.
  • It was very gloomy in that cemetery, under an overcast sky, whence fell a semi-darkness already wintry in aspect.
  • "It's going to rain," he decided wisely, casting a glance above him at the sky, which was becoming rapidly overcast.
  • The rain had ceased, but the dull sky was still overcast with clouds, and a keen wind was blowing straight in his face.
  • The surface was awful, the soft recently fallen snow clogging the ski and runners at every step, the sledge groaning, the sky overcast, and the land hazy.
  • This afternoon it fell almost calm, but the sky clouded over again and now there is a gentle warm southerly breeze with light falling snow and an overcast sky.
  • We had a strongish northerly breeze at midday with snow and hail storms, and now the wind has turned to the south and the sky is overcast with threatenings of a blizzard.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Battle of Fredericksburg, License CC BY-SA 4.0