Synonyms of the word

overcast

• n. (obsolete) An outcast.
• n. A cloud covering all of the sky.
• adj. Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
• adj. (figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To overthrow.
• v. (transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
• v. (transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be or become cloudy.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To transform.
• v. (transitive, bookbinding) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.

cast

• v. (heading, physical) To move, or be moved, away.
• v. To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
• v. (dated) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
• v. (heading, social) To predict, to decide, to plan.
• v. To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
• v. To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
• v. (archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.
• v. To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
• v. To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
• v. (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by…
• v. To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
• v. (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
• v. (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
• v. (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
• v. (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
• n. An act of throwing.
• n. Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
• n. A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
• n. The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
• n. The casting procedure.
• n. An object made in a mould.
• n. A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
• n. The mould used to make cast objects.
• n. (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
• n. A squint.
• n. Visual appearance.
• n. The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
• n. An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.
• n. Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
• n. A group of crabs.

casting

• v. present participle of cast.
• n. The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
• n. A manufacturing process using a mold.
• n. The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their…
• n. The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
• n. (computing) The act of converting between data types.

cloud

• n. (obsolete) A rock; boulder; a hill.
• n. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
• n. Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
• n. Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
• n. A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
• n. An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
• n. (computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage,…
• n. (figuratively) A negative aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver…
• n. (slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
• n. A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
• v. (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, to become obscured from sight.
• v. (transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
• v. (transitive) To make obscure.
• v. (transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
• v. (transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
• v. (transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colours.

clouded

• adj. Filled with clouds.
• adj. Unknown, surrounded in mystery.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of cloud.

cloudiness

• n. The state of being cloudy (e.g. weather).
• n. The property of being murky (e.g. liquid, style).
• n. The property of being obscure (e.g. information).

cloudy

• adj. Covered with or characterised by clouds; overcast.
• adj. Not transparent or clear.
• adj. Uncertain; unclear.

darken

• v. (transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light.
• v. (intransitive) To become dark or darker (having less light).
• v. (transitive) To make dark or darker in colour.
• v. (intransitive) To become dark or darker in colour.
• v. (transitive) To render gloomy, darker in mood.
• v. (intransitive) To become gloomy, darker in mood.
• v. (transitive) To blind, impair eyesight.
• v. (intransitive) To be blinded, loose clear vision.
• v. To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
• v. To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.

inclemency

• n. The quality of being inclement; lack of clemency.
• n. Something that is inclement.

overcasting

• v. present participle of overcast.
• n. A spell of overcast weather.

semidarkness

• n. Partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.

sew

• v. (transitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them…
• v. (intransitive) To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them…
• v. (transitive) To enclose by sewing.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To drain the water from.
• v. (nautical) Of a ship, to be grounded.

stitch

• n. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
• n. An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
• n. (sports) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, caused by internal organs pulling…
• n. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn.
• n. An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
• n. A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
• n. Hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
• n. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
• n. (obsolete) A contortion, or twist.
• n. (colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or dress.
• n. A furrow.
• v. To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of…
• v. To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
• v. (agriculture) To form land into ridges.
• v. (intransitive) To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
• v. (computing, graphics) To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.

sunless

• adj. Without the sun or sunshine; shaded; shadowed.
• adj. (figuratively) Dreary, cheerless.