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foggy

/ˈfɑgi/
/ˈfɒgi/
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Other forms: foggiest; foggily; foggier

Something that's foggy is cloudy or murky, filled with fog. A foggy view is blurred and indistinct, just like a foggy mind.

Driving on a foggy road can be tricky, since it's more or less like driving inside a cloud. When the inside of your head feels this way — blurry, clouded, and vague — you can also used foggy in a figurative way: "Her memory grew foggy as the years went by." Experts aren't sure whether foggy or fog came first, but in either case they suspect a Scandinavian root.

Definitions of foggy
  1. adjective
    filled or abounding with fog or mist
    synonyms: brumous, hazy, misty
    cloudy
    full of or covered with clouds
  2. adjective
    obscured by fog
    synonyms: fogged
    opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight
  3. adjective
    indistinct or hazy in outline
    synonyms: bleary, blurred, blurry, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy
    indistinct
    not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand
  4. adjective
    stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
    synonyms: dazed, groggy, logy, stuporous
    lethargic, unenergetic
    deficient in alertness or activity
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/ˈfɑgi/
UK
/ˈfɒgi/
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