foggy

[fog-ee, faw-gee]

adjective

foggier, foggiest 

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.

3. (of thinking, ideas, etc.) dim or unclear as if obscured by fog; vague.

   I haven't the foggiest notion of where she went.

   Synonyms: muddleheaded, muddled, fuzzy, befuddled

4. bewildered; confused.

   Difficulties with memory, concentration, attention, and fatigue left me feeling foggy and muddled much of the time.

5. Photography.,  affected by fog.

foggy

/ ˈfɒɡɪ /

adjective

1. thick with fog

2. obscure or confused

3. another word for fogged

4. no idea whatsoever

   I haven't the foggiest

Other Word Forms

• foggily adverb
• fogginess noun
• unfoggy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of foggy¹

First recorded in 1520–30; fog ² + -y ¹; original sense was “marshy, thick, murky”

Example Sentences

The Widow Ashton removed her pince-nez to wipe the lenses, for they had grown foggy from all the moisture.

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Powered by these realizations, she’ll continue to lose herself in foggy nightclub dance floors, masses of sweaty bodies and blinding strobe lights.

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The path opened into a foggy meadow where a whole flock of wild sheep were grazing.

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On top of that, the lack of data makes things foggy and the economy is sending mixed messages.

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He added that Kyiv's troops normally used drones to counter the Russians' advance but foggy and rainy weather conditions had made it harder to detect and destroy infantry troops.

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Related Words

• cloudy 
• fuzzy 
• misty 
• murky 
• soupy 
• vague