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fogginess

fogginess

1 4.4
A feeling of being confused and slow to think
  • noun
  • /ˈfɔɡiˌnəs/
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  • It's much more difficult to pinpoint the cause of headaches, fogginess, fatigue, etc. if you don't know what specifically is causing it.
  • mental fogginess

If you have mental fogginess for no real reason.

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Examples

  • So, you know, what's interesting is that I started to see a big spike in sort of fogginess and feeling like it's something wrong.

  • Many patients report fogginess in their minds when taking certain medications.

  • A kind of stupor, a fogginess, a lack of focus.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • I have panic attacks, memory fogginess, and moments of despair when I think that the pain will never go away.

    Blog text (14)
  • Vick has still been feeling headaches, fatigue, heavy eyes, and fogginess, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

    Blog text (27)
  • The first one at Kansas was your typical concussion, with the frontal lobe, headaches, and the fogginess that you typically feel.

    Blog text (11)
  • I mean, they have mental fogginess, they feel nauseous, they're often dehydrated, You know, they're just, they're fatigued.

  • After a long night of studying, she experienced a sense of fogginess that made it hard to concentrate.

  • The fogginess in her thoughts cleared when she finally got some sleep.

Synonyms

blur
vsfogginess
146 4.2

A hazy image or memory that is hard to see clearly

is the broader condition of indistinctness rather than a single sight
fog
vsfogginess
53 6.0

A state of confusion that makes it hard to think clearly

is about unclear outlines or indistinct appearance rather than only thought
fuzz
vsfogginess
4 6.4

A feeling of not seeing or remembering things clearly

is the broader state of unclear, indistinct outlines rather than specific haze
blurriness
vsfogginess
2 4.5

A lack of clear detail in what you see or in a picture

applies to unclear quality beyond just visual sharpness
opacity
vsfogginess
2 8.3

How hard something is to understand because it is unclear

is more about visual or form indistinctness than abstract obscurity
fuzziness
vsfogginess
2 5.8

A blurry picture or idea hard to see and understand

refers more generally to any unclear or indistinct quality
murkiness
vsfogginess
1 5.9

Cloudy darkness that makes it hard to see through water or air

is the general idea of indistinct outlines regardless of darkness
cloudiness
vsfogginess
1 3.2

A liquid or the sky that is not clear because it has small bits in it

is the general lack of sharpness, not only cloud presence
indistinctness
vsfogginess
7.0

Lack of clear detail that makes things hard to see or hear

is the general state of being unclear or indistinct in form
unsharpness
vsfogginess
6.7

Lack of clear detail that makes pictures or thoughts hard to understand

covers the same indistinct idea but in any context
gauziness
vsfogginess
8.2

A vague, blurry quality that makes things hard to see or remember

is the more neutral term for general indistinct appearance
smudginess
vsfogginess
7.2

A blurred mark that makes a picture or page unclear

is about unclear outlines in general, not only from marks
unclarity
vsfogginess
7.5

A cloudy state in water or a photo that makes it hard to see through

is a broader term for indistinctness not limited to substances
unclearness
vsfogginess
7.7

A situation when something is hard to understand

focuses on visual or general indistinct outlines rather than meaning
obscureness
vsfogginess
7.9

Darkness or low light that makes things hard to see

is the general state of unclear or indistinct outlines
mistiness
vsfogginess
5.8

A thin cloud near the ground that makes things hard to see

is a broader term for indistinctness beyond moisture-related haze
fog in someone's mind
vsfogginess
8.2

A feeling of confusion that makes it hard to think clearly

focuses on unclear visual or form quality rather than mental confusion

Antonyms

30 2.7

How easy it is to see through something like clean water

5 3.2

How clear and detailed an image or sound appears

How Foggy

fogbank
8.4
fog
155 1.0
fogginess
1 4.4
haze
41 3.4

Surface Forms

fogginess singular
fogginesses plural

Morphology

fogginess = foggy (transparent) = fog + y + ness

Derived from the adjective 'foggy' with the productive nominalizing suffix '-ness', so the noun directly denotes the state of being foggy or indistinct.

Etymology

Fogginess comes from the word fog 'thin cloud near the ground' and the ending -iness 'state or quality'. A helpful image is 'clouds in your head', so mental fogginess means your thoughts are unclear, like trying to see through fog.