foggy
Americanadjective
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thick with or having much fog; misty.
a foggy valley;
a foggy spring day.
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covered or enveloped as if with fog.
a foggy mirror.
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(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
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Difficulties with memory, concentration, attention, and fatigue left me feeling foggy and muddled much of the time.
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Photography. affected by fog.
adjective
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thick with fog
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obscure or confused
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another word for fogged
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no idea whatsoever
I haven't the foggiest
Other Word Forms
- foggily adverb
- fogginess noun
- unfoggy adjective
Etymology
Origin of foggy
First recorded in 1520–30; fog 2 + -y 1; original sense was “marshy, thick, murky”
Example Sentences
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Growing up on his family’s East Contra Costa County farm in the 1960s, Dennis Baldocchi thought the whole world was foggy until a friend took him on a hike that climbed above it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
On a foggy winter morning captain Khetsopon Nopsiri led a six-strong Thai army patrol along dirt tracks through the forest, assault rifles at the ready.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
At least five people have been killed after a Mexican Navy plane crashed in foggy conditions near Galveston, Texas on Monday while transporting a child burns victim.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025
After making 11 changes for the League Cup quarter-final win at third-tier Cardiff on Tuesday, Maresca reverted to his senior stars, but they made a dismal start on foggy Tyneside.
From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025
Though the world became foggy around the edges, she yanked Damaris from its skull.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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