rokey
- adjective
- Archaic
:
brumoso
- Travelers found it difficult to see the road on such a rokey evening.
Examples
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What a rokey morning!
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After the rain, the air remained rokey and cool throughout the morning.
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The valley was rokey at dawn, with thick mist hanging over the fields.
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The weather is rokey.
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The morning was rokey, with a thick fog hanging over the trees.
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We decided to stay indoors because the weather looked rokey and damp.
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As we walked along the beach, the air felt rokey, making it hard to see far ahead.
Synonyms
113
1.0
Slightly wet and often uncomfortable
45
1.0
Air that has a lot of water and feels damp
35
1.4
Covered with thin cloud near the ground or not clear in memory
18
6.2
An unpleasantly damp, cool place that smells musty
15
1.0
Air with small drops of water that make it hard to see
11
2.7
Cold and damp in a way that feels unpleasant
Misty because tiny drops of water fill the air
Having fog or mist that makes it hard to see
A little wet and not completely dry
A place with little light that is damp and unpleasant
Air that is damp and feels unpleasant
Antonyms
How Misty
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rokey is easy to remember if you think of smoky without the 'sm' — imagine thin smoke turning into a soft mist over the land. So rokey means 'misty' or 'foggy', a damp air that makes things hard to see.