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foggy

foggy

3 1.4
Not clear or easy to remember
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɔɡi/
translation icon : vago
  • By the time Johnny launched the dinghy again, the breeze had stopped blowing and the clear sky had grown foggy.
  • foggy glass
  • foggy night
  • foggy window

What's weird, and it gets foggier and foggier the more you, the further you try to see into the past.

Examples

  • After a long night, I felt foggy and struggled to concentrate on my work.

  • The whole film looks foggy.

  • The finger trace on a foggy window.

  • I wasn't close enough to tell and besides, it was foggy.

  • There was a tattooed shop in the foggy glow, seagulls in the parking lot.

  • A damp and foggy pall of silence fell over the once-merry gathering.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The water itself was cloudy, awash with dead moths and floating Band-Aids, but nonetheless, in its foggy Byzantine way, also warm-seeming and attractive.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The sofa's image of her mother seemed blurred and faded, like a scratchy old photograph, just a foggy image of a dark-haired woman bent over her needlework.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The view from the mountain top was foggy, making it hard to see the landscape below.

  • The painting had a foggy texture, giving it a dreamlike quality.

Synonyms

fuzzy
vsfoggy
111 3.7

Not clear or sharp like a blurred picture

is more about an outdoor haze that blurs visual details
blurry
vsfoggy
70 3.6

Looks unclear, so you cannot see details

is the same unclear effect but suggests a weather like cover rather than general lack
hazy
vsfoggy
49 3.9

Not clear because of mist or when you cannot remember it well

is specifically about visual blur as if covered by low air
misty
vsfoggy
35 1.4

Covered with thin cloud near the ground or not clear in memory

is similar but emphasizes a general hazy blur rather than weather cause
murky
vsfoggy
16 4.9

A place that is dark and hard to see because of low light or fog

focuses on blurring from general haze rather than darkness or gloom
muddy
vsfoggy
11 2.7

A dull, unclear color that looks mixed and lifeless

refers to a general blurred look rather than discoloration from impurities
bleary
vsfoggy
9 6.8

Your eyes look blurred and tired because you did not sleep

describes general environmental haziness rather than tired eyes
cloudy
vsfoggy
9 2.3

Liquid that is not clear and has small particles

describes a specific medium being unclear rather than a hazy appearance overall
smoggy
vsfoggy
4 2.3

Air filled with smoke mixed with fog that is hard to breathe

is similar but lacks the pollution element and is purely natural blur
smudgy
vsfoggy
2 4.1

Having soft dirty marks that make a surface look blurred

is unclear from a widespread atmospheric haze rather than surface dirt
blurred
vsfoggy
2 3.4

Not clear to see or understand, like a photo

adds the image of a widespread hazy cover causing that indistinctness
bit blurry
vsfoggy
1 4.6

Slightly unclear and hard to see or remember

is a stronger visual blur as if the scene is covered by low air
fogbound
vsfoggy
1 7.2

Covered in thick fog that makes it hard to see or travel

describes a general unclear look rather than being completely enclosed
vaporous
vsfoggy
  • US
1 7.2

Full of mist that makes things look unclear

focuses on overall lack of clarity, not the lightness of the air
fogged
vsfoggy
1 3.9

Hard to see through because water covers the glass

is the broader sense of a general hazy or blurred appearance
smeary
vsfoggy
1 4.4

Covered with smudges or marks that make it look dirty

is unclear due to an overall haze rather than actual surface smears
rokey
vsfoggy
  • Archaic
9.9

Misty and wet air that makes it hard to see

is the same general unclear appearance but not limited to weather
vapory
vsfoggy
8.2

Misty because tiny drops of water fill the air

is about general indistinctness rather than specifically thin airborne particles
befogged
vsfoggy
6.8

Covered by fog or steam so it is hard to see through

refers more broadly to an indistinct appearance not only surface covering
brumous
vsfoggy
  • Archaic
9.9

Having fog or mist that makes it hard to see

is the common everyday description rather than an elevated style
muzzy
vsfoggy
8.9

Something that looks blurred and hard to see

adds the sense that the blur comes from a thin atmospheric cover
clouded
vsfoggy
2.1

A sky full of clouds that hides the sun

is the general indistinct look often not tied to the sky or weather

Antonyms

866 1.0

Free from things that block sight or movement

65 3.5

Easy to see, hear, or notice

Compounds

A memory that is unclear and hard to remember

Foggy Bottom
  • Literature
8.2

A nickname for the United States government office that deals with other countries

How Clear

clear
866 1.0
foggy
3 1.4
hazy
49 3.9
indistinct
328 5.3

Surface Forms

foggy positive
foggier comparative
foggiest superlative

Morphology

foggy = fog (transparent) = fog + y

Direct adjectival formation from 'fog' describing lack of clarity or distinctness.

Etymology

Foggy is made of fog ('a low, thick cloud') and the ending -y ('full of'). So something 'foggy' looks unclear or blurred, like a distant mountain or a weak memory.