overcast

English

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Etymology

over- +‎ cast

Pronunciation

Adjective and noun

• (RP) enPR: ōʹvə-käst', IPA: /ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst/, X-SAMPA: /"@Uv@%kA:st/

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• (GenAm) enPR: ōʹvər-kăst', IPA: /ˈoʊvɚ.kæst/, X-SAMPA: /"oUv@`.k{st/

Verb

• (RP) enPR: ō'və-kästʹ, IPA: /ˌəʊvəˈkɑːst/, X-SAMPA: /%@Uv@"kA:st/
• (GenAm) enPR: ō'vər-kăstʹ, IPA: /ˌoʊvɚˈkæst/, X-SAMPA: /oUv@`"k{st/

  Rhymes: -ɑːst

Noun

overcast (plural overcasts)

1. (obsolete) An outcast.
2. A cloud covering all of the sky.

Adjective

overcast (comparative more overcast, superlative most overcast)

1. Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened.
2. (meteorology) The sky is said to be overcast, when it is more than 90% covered by clouds.
3. (figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.

Translations

covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陰沉 (cmn), 阴沉 (cmn) (yīnchén), 灰蒙蒙 (cmn) (huīmēngmēng), 低沉 (cmn) (dīchén)

• Dutch: betrokken (nl)
• Finnish: pilvinen (fi), synkkä (fi)
• French: nuageux (fr)

• German: bedeckt (de), bewölkt (de)
• Guernésiais: couvaert
• Japanese: どんよりした (ja)
• Russian: облачный (ru) (óblačnyj), пасмурный (ru) (pásmurnyj)
• Turkish: bulutlu (tr)

meteorological term

• Esperanto: nuboplena (eo)
• Finnish: pilvinen (fi)

• Portuguese: encoberto (pt)

in a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陰沉 (cmn), 阴沉 (cmn) (yīnchén), 低沉 (cmn) (dīchén)

• Dutch: neerslachtig (nl)

• Finnish: synkkä (fi)
• Russian: угрюмый (ru) (ugrjúmyj), мрачный (ru) (mráčnyj), хмурый (ru) (xmúryj)

Verb

overcast (third-person singular simple present overcasts, present participle overcasting, simple past and past participle overcast)

1. (transitive, obsolete) 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. (transitive, obsolete) To transform.

Translations

to cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken

• Dutch: bewolken, verduisteren

• Finnish: peittää pilveen (fi)

to be or become cloudy

• Dutch: bewolkt zijn

• Finnish: olla pilvistä (to be cloudy), pilvistyä (to become cloudy)

References

• overcast in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• overcast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• overacts