foggy[adjective]Synonyms: misty, cloudy, dim, hazy, indistinct, murky, smoggy, vaporous
Related Idioms: in a fog
English Thesaurus: cloudy, grey, overcast, leaden, gloomy, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
fog‧gy /ˈfɒɡi $ ˈfɑːɡi, ˈfɒːɡi/
adjective1. if the weather is foggy, there is fog:
a foggy day in November driving in foggy conditions2. not have the foggiest (idea) spoken to not know at all:
None of us had the foggiest idea about how to put the tent up.3. if your mind is foggy, you cannot think or remember things clearly
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cloudy with a lot of clouds:
The weather was cold and cloudy. cloudy skiesgrey (
also gray American English) grey in colour, because there are dark clouds – used especially in written descriptions:
Mary looked out at the cold grey sky.overcast dark and completely covered with clouds:
a chilly overcast dayleaden literary a leaden sky is grey and full of dark clouds:
Snow fell from a leaden sky.gloomy dark and cloudy, in a depressing way:
The gloomy weather shows no sign of improving.foggy with thick low cloud that is difficult to see through. You use
foggy especially about low-lying places:
a foggy day in London in Novembermisty with light low cloud that is difficult to see through. You use
misty especially about places that are next to water or in the mountains:
a cold misty morninghazy with air that looks cloudy, because there is smoke, dust, or mist in it:
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