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FOGGY
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Irregular inflected forms: foggier , foggiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Obscured by fog
Example:
he could barely see through the fogged window
Synonyms:
fogged; foggy
Classified under:
Similar:
opaque (not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight)
Derivation:
fog (an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance)
fogginess (the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Filled or abounding with fog or mist
Example:
a brumous October morning
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
cloudy (full of or covered with clouds)
Derivation:
fog (droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground)
fogginess (an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Indistinct or hazy in outline
Example:
the trees were just blurry shapes
Synonyms:
bleary; blurred; blurry; foggy; fuzzy; hazy; muzzy
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
indistinct (not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand)
Derivation:
fog (confusion characterized by lack of clarity)
fogginess (the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
Synonyms:
dazed; foggy; groggy; logy; stuporous
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
lethargic; unenergetic (deficient in alertness or activity)
Context examples:
I smell the fog that hung about the place; I see the hoar frost, ghostly, through it; I feel my rimy hair fall clammy on my cheek; I look along the dim perspective of the schoolroom, with a sputtering candle here and there to light up the foggy morning, and the breath of the boys wreathing and smoking in the raw cold as they blow upon their fingers, and tap their feet upon the floor.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
