becloud

IPA(Pronunciation)

/bɪˈklaʊd/

Verb

transitive passive usually figuratively

(transitive) To cause to become obscure or muddled. / (transitive, usually passive) To cover or surround with clouds. / (transitive, figuratively) To cast in a negative light, cast a pall over, darken.

Japanese Meaning

（他動詞）～を曇らせる、混濁させる、不明瞭にする / （他動詞）～を雲で覆う、取り巻く / （他動詞、比喩的に）～に悪い影響を及ぼす、否定的な印象を与える

What is this buttons?

The politician tried to becloud the facts with vague statements and misleading statistics.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その政治家は曖昧な発言や誤解を招く統計で事実を曖昧にしようとした。

Details

Sense（1）

(transitive) To cause to become obscure or muddled.

[…] Intemperance and Superfluity beclouds the Mind, dulls the edge of the Apprehension, and brings upon it an unmanly Languor, bearing down all the noble Faculties of the Soul into Ignorance and Stupidity […]

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Details

Sense（2）

(transitive, usually passive) To cover or surround with clouds.

And then while you're a cooking, they say, / Such a fogo beclouds all the room, / That the girls have to group out the way, / In search of the tongs or the broom.

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