1. : in disfavor or disgrace
2. : subject to a stigma or to suspicion as not fully cleared of a damaging charge
3. : suffering repression or derangement
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under a cloud
In trouble, disgrace or disfavour
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Main Entry: ↑cloud
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under a cloud phrase
with your reputation damaged because you may have done something wrong
He left the company under a cloud.
Thesaurus: damage to someone's reputationsynonym
Main entry: cloud
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he left under something of a cloud, accused of misappropriating funds
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under a ˈcloud idiom
if sb is under a cloud, other people think that they have done sth wrong and are suspicious of them
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She resigned under a cloud.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.