befog
Americanverb
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to surround with fog
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to make confused, vague, or less clear
Etymology
Origin of befog
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After adding befog, we’ve guessed more than three letters for more than 96 percent of all puzzles we might face in Wordle, in four guesses.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2022
No irrational, misguided sentimentality shall befog my firm conviction that Bob Cousy, while still at Holy Cross, retired the title to "The Greatest."
From Time Magazine Archive
All is mystery as of course, but mystification is another thing, and the tendency to befog a theme which needs to be clarified, is to be regretted.
From The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry by Newton, Joseph Fort
Notions like that befog one's mind; one rants of universal brotherhood, of liberty and equality and, of course, transcends every convention and every moral law….
From The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I by Hauptmann, Gerhart
And we should not befog the issue by saying that this is degrading.
From Industrial Progress and Human Economics by Hartness, James
Overruling those just to appease your clearly befogged co-parent is a bad habit to get into right as you’re starting this journey.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2022
As always with the royal family, details about its internal deliberations are elusive and befogged in speculation.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2021
The Steilhang exuded the full gloom of a north face at befogged dawn.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
But then you arrive and everything is damp, blurred, befogged.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2018
When you shout Durham! the gloomy and befogged financial atmosphere becomes clear and there is a mad rush and scramble for her bonds.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
From the frozen Moscow River, from the Kremlin, and the Cathedral of St. Basil, a vapor rose, clouding the skies and befogging the stars.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the Tribune dares to make this impudent attempt at befogging the American people, and at the same time dares to tell that people that it is "intelligent."
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
He had not been German long enough for befogging his mind to that point, but the moment was decisive for much to come, especially for political morals.
From The Education of Henry Adams by Adams, Henry
But Holymead vamped up all sorts of surmises and suppositions for the purpose of befogging the jury and getting their minds away from the outstanding feature of the case for the prosecution.
From The Hampstead Mystery by Watson, John R. (John Reay)
He remained silent a moment, as if struggling to clear his heavy head of befogging weights.
From The Salamander by Johnson, Owen
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