BECLOUDING Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

beclouding

verb

present participle of becloud

as in confusing

to make (something) unclear to the understanding don't becloud the discussion by raising unrelated issues

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as in obscuring

to make dark, dim, or indistinct the smog from the city's steel mills was once so oppressive that it beclouded the local landscape even at noon

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One of the biggest mistakes students make is confusing a loan approval with an affordability recommendation.

— Scott White, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Meta’s new cloud business — selling excess compute capacity to outside customers — is confusing on its face.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of confusing

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Waves act like moving lenses, warping light and blurring underwater objects.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
These makers are much more reticent about the risks of blurring the once fine line between browsing sites and asking a large language model a question or instructing it to take potentially sensitive actions.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026

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The political committee is also the subject of a recent Federal Election Commission complaint accusing it of obfuscating its expenses in violation of federal election rules.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
When The Star requested records related to ATO being placed on probation last year, the outcome letter KU provided was heavily redacted, completely obfuscating the narrative of the hazing allegations that university investigators found to be credible.

— Matthew Kelly April 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026

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Auto-correct tools generally brighten photos, but this one also knows when an image needs darkening.

— Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
Moonrise will take place across North America in blue hour, when the sky is darkening but still retains color — perfect timing.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of darkening

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And Hanceville’s fate is as murky as the fog that pours in at night, blotting out buildings and blackening the road ahead.

— Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
These tungsten atoms would then condense on the slightly cooler inside of the glass bulb, blackening it and dimming the light over time.

— Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026

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