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
I whispered, hoping that the unaccustomed words would befog the old man sufficiently to cover my own embarrassment, and answer any doubts he might have as to the purpose of our errand there.
From One of My Sons by Green, Anna Katharine
In such wise, Douglas labored to befog and discredit the issues for which the new party stood.
From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Johnson, Allen
In this camera no essential to good picture making is omitted, yet it has no unnecessary "contraptions" to annoy and befog the beginner.
From Kodaks and Kodak Supplies 1914 by Canadian Kodak Company
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
Instead of being buried under documents, befogged by facts, you find yourself in the immediate, proximate, breathing presence of another human being — and there’s suddenly no room for anything else.
From Washington Post
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
When he had stirred Driscoll out of his dejection enough to make him want to fight, he deigned to clear the atmosphere of that befogging downpour in Texas.
From The Missourian by Lyle, Eugene P. (Eugene Percy)
And if he didn't he'd tell you so, without befogging the atmosphere with a lot of things he did know, but that wouldn't help you in the least.
From The Man Who Rocked the Earth by Wood, Robert Williams
He remained silent a moment, as if struggling to clear his heavy head of befogging weights.
From The Salamander by Johnson, Owen
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
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