All fog synonyms
fog
F f noun fog
- gloom β total or partial darkness; dimness.
- smoke β the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- smog β smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- vapor β a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air: the vapors rising from the bogs.
- steam β water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- cloud β A cloud is a mass of water vapour that floats in the sky. Clouds are usually white or grey in colour.
- confusion β If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things.
- mist β a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- murk β darkness; gloom: the murk of a foggy night.
- effluvium β a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- obscurity β the state or quality of being obscure.
- wisp β a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like.
- nebula β Astronomy. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula. (formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view.
- murkiness β dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
- smother β to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- haze β vagueness or obscurity, as of the mind or perception; confused or vague thoughts, feelings, etc.: The victims were still in a haze and couldn't describe the accident.
- grease β the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- miasma β noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
- film β a thin layer or coating: a film of grease on a plate.
- soup β a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- vagueness β (of persons) not clear or definite in thought, understanding, or expression: vague about his motives; a vague person.
- stupor β suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: He lay there in a drunken stupor.
- trance β a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- befuddlement β to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
- daze β If someone is in a daze, they are feeling confused and unable to think clearly, often because they have had a shock or surprise.
- blindness β unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- perplexity β the state of being perplexed; confusion; uncertainty.
- maze β a confusing network of intercommunicating paths or passages; labyrinth.
- vapour β a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air: the vapors rising from the bogs.
- condensation β Condensation consists of small drops of water which form when warm water vapour or steam touches a cold surface such as a window.
- precipitation β the act of precipitating; state of being precipitated.
verb fog
- mystify β to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- dim β DIM statement
- bedim β to make dim or obscure
- darken β If something darkens or if a person or thing darkens it, it becomes darker.
- perplex β to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
- confuse β If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- befuddle β If something befuddles you, it confuses your mind or thoughts.
- muddy β abounding in or covered with mud.
- puzzle β a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
- eclipse β Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- blur β A blur is a shape or area which you cannot see clearly because it has no distinct outline or because it is moving very fast.
- blind β Someone who is blind is unable to see because their eyes are damaged.
- bewilder β If something bewilders you, it is so confusing or difficult that you cannot understand it.
- obfuscate β to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- stupefy β to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- becloud β to cover or obscure with a cloud
- addle β If something addles someone's mind or brain, they become confused and unable to think properly.
- obscure β (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- fuddle β to muddle or confuse: a jumble of sounds to fuddle the senses.