foggy
covered or enveloped as if with fog: a foggy mirror.
bewildered; confused: Difficulties with memory, concentration, attention, and fatigue left me feeling foggy and muddled much of the time.
Photography. affected by fog.
Origin of foggy
1Other words for foggy
Other words from foggy
- fog·gi·ly, adverb
- fog·gi·ness, noun
- un·fog·gy, adjective
Words that may be confused with foggy
- foggy , fogy
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How to use foggy in a sentence
He came out of a dream and stared at her foggily, then answered the warm clench of her little fingers.
What Will People Say? | Rupert HughesHe struggled up again, looked around, and sighted foggily on his victim.
Watchbird | Robert SheckleyHe had time to wonder foggily whether the Omans were in fact helping him go to sleep—and then he was asleep.
Masters of Space | Edward Elmer SmithHe could foggily see Tazzuchi a few paces away waiting for him, and he went up to him at once.
A Master of Fortune | Cutcliffe HyneIn a cloudy way he loathed the groom, and was foggily wondering why.
The President | Alfred Henry Lewis
British Dictionary definitions for foggy
/ (ˈfɒɡɪ) /
thick with fog
obscure or confused
another word for fogged
not the foggiest, not the foggiest idea or not the foggiest notion no idea whatsoever: I haven't the foggiest
Derived forms of foggy
- foggily, adverb
- fogginess, noun
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