foggy

[ fog-ee, faw-gee ]
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adjective,fog·gi·er, fog·gi·est.
  1. thick with or having much fog; misty: a foggy valley;a foggy spring day.

  2. covered or enveloped as if with fog: a foggy mirror.

  1. (of thinking, ideas, etc.) dim or unclear as if obscured by fog; vague: I haven't the foggiest notion of where she went.

  2. bewildered; confused: Difficulties with memory, concentration, attention, and fatigue left me feeling foggy and muddled much of the time.

  3. Photography. affected by fog.

Origin of foggy

1
First recorded in 1520–30; fog2 + -y1; original sense was “marshy, thick, murky”

Other 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

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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 Hughes
  • He struggled up again, looked around, and sighted foggily on his victim.

    Watchbird | Robert Sheckley
  • He 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 Smith
  • He could foggily see Tazzuchi a few paces away waiting for him, and he went up to him at once.

    A Master of Fortune | Cutcliffe Hyne
  • In a cloudy way he loathed the groom, and was foggily wondering why.

    The President | Alfred Henry Lewis

British Dictionary definitions for foggy

foggy

/ (ˈfɒɡɪ) /


adjective-gier or -giest
  1. thick with fog

  2. obscure or confused

  1. another word for fogged

  2. 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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