Definition of Foggy

1. Adjective. Stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion).

Exact synonyms: Dazed, Groggy, Logy, Stuporous
Similar to: Lethargic, Unenrgetic
Derivative terms: Grogginess, Grogginess, Loginess, Stupor

2. Adjective. Indistinct or hazy in outline. "The trees were just blurry shapes"
Exact synonyms: Bleary, Blurred, Blurry, Fuzzy, Hazy, Muzzy
Similar to: Indistinct
Derivative terms: Blur, Blurriness, Fog, Fogginess, Fuzziness, Haze, Haziness

3. Adjective. Filled or abounding with fog or mist. "A brumous October morning"
Exact synonyms: Brumous, Hazy, Misty
Similar to: Cloudy
Derivative terms: Fog, Fogginess, Haze, Haziness, Mist, Mistiness

4. Adjective. Obscured by fog. "He could barely see through the fogged window"
Exact synonyms: Fogged
Similar to: Opaque
Derivative terms: Fog, Fogginess

Definition of Foggy

1. a. Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning.

Definition of Foggy

1. Adjective. Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy ¹

2. Adjective. (figuratively) Confused, befuddled, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foggy

1. filled with fog [adj -GIER, -GIEST] : FOGGILY [adv]

Medical Definition of Foggy

1. 1. Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning. 2. Beclouded; dull; obscure; as, foggy ideas. "Your coarse, foggy, drowsy conceit." (Hayward) Origin: From 4th Fog. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foggy

foggage
foggages
foggara
fogged
fogger
foggers
foggetaboutit
foggier
foggiest
foggily
fogginess
fogginesses
fogging
fogging retinoscopy
foggite
foggy (current term)
foghorn
foghorns
fogie
fogies
foglamp
foglamps
fogle
fogles
fogless
foglight
foglights
foglike
fogman
fogmen

Literary usage of Foggy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1850)
"foggy : cloudy and cold : clear : sharp frost at night. 27. Sharp frost: clear: foggy. 28. Frosty and foggy : clear and frosty : foggy. 29. ..."

2. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"THIS foggy JULY MORN Not Hitherto Printed. ... The earth looks strangely young, and you feel born Anew with it, this foggy July morn. ..."

3. Australian Dictionary of Dates and Men of the Time: Containing the History by John Henniker Heaton (1879)
"Off Gellibrand'a Point, 1 white light, revolving, seen ten miles. Visible all round the compass ; gong sounded in thick or foggy weather ; exhibits bright ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"Radiation through a foggy Atmosphere. By ARTHUR SCHUSTER, FRS According to ... I call a vapour in which scattering plays an appreciable part a ' foggy ..."

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