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FOGGINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
Synonyms:
blurriness; fogginess; fuzziness; indistinctness; softness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fogginess" is a kind of...):
opacity; opaqueness (the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fogginess"):
dimness; faintness (the quality of being dim or lacking contrast)
vagueness (indistinctness of shape or character)
Derivation:
foggy (obscured by fog)
foggy (indistinct or hazy in outline)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
Synonyms:
fog; fogginess; murk; murkiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("fogginess" is a kind of...):
atmosphere; atmospheric state (the weather or climate at some place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fogginess"):
fug ((British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere)
Derivation:
foggy (filled or abounding with fog or mist)
