Definitions

clouds

NOUN

danger

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crisis emergency exposure insecurity instability jeopardy menace peril pitfall possibility probability risk threat uncertainty vulnerability

STRONG

dynamite endangerment exigency precariousness precipice slipperiness storm venture

WEAK

double trouble hot potato risky business thin ice

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm certainty peace safety security sureness unlikelihood

WEAK

care carefulness guard preservation

NOUN

imperilment

Synonyms

WEAK

crisis double trouble dynamite emergency endangerment exigency exposure hazard hot potato insecurity instability jeopardy menace peril pitfall possibility precariousness precipice probability risk risky business slipperiness storm thin ice threat uncertainty venture vulnerability

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A. Most Fed chairs leave at the end of their term because tradition holds that staying clouds the new chair’s authority.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Here Mina and her friend Lucy Westenra sit among the graves, sketching and talking, later, watching clouds gather for the storm that would bring the Demeter, and Count Dracula, to Whitby.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Its highly sensitive infrared instruments can detect faint galaxies that earlier telescopes could not see, allowing astronomers to peer farther back in time and through thick clouds of cosmic dust.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

From her home, she can see the plant and, emanating from it, “black clouds on an otherwise normal day.”

From Salon • May 10, 2026

The name soared into the sky and clouds.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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