Home › Words › O › overcastnessovercastnessovercastness means the quality of the weather being overcast.EtymologyFrom overcast + -ness.nounThe quality of the weather being overcast.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.overcast 72% match — A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon. vs overcastness →overcasting 72% match — A spell of overcast weather. vs overcastness →overclouded 72% match — Of the sky, covered with cloud; overcast. vs overcastness →cloudiness 69% match — Of the sky, weather, etc.: the state of being cloudy. vs overcastness →cloudage 64% match — Mass of clouds; cloudiness or cloud cover. vs overcastness →downcastness 60% match — The quality of being downcast. vs overcastness →storminess 60% match — The state or quality of being stormy. vs overcastness →greyishness 60% match — The quality of being greyish. vs overcastness →