Antonyms for fogginess
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : fog-ee, faw-gee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɒg i, ˈfɔ gi |
Definition of fogginess
Origin :- 1540s, perhaps from a Scandinavian source, or formed from fog (n.1) + -y (2). Foggy Bottom "U.S. Department of State," from the name of a marshy region of Washington, D.C., where many federal buildings are (also with a suggestion of political murkiness) popularized 1947 by James Reston in "New York Times," but he said it had been used earlier by Edward Folliard of "The Washington Post."
- As in cloud : noun mass of water particles in air
- As in humidity : noun very damp weather
- The Earthman saw that the fogginess was clearing from his big eyes.
- Extract from : « The Revolt of the Star Men » by Raymond Gallun
- But I want to see them; and the fogginess of the trees in that direction stops me.
- Extract from : « Perlycross » by R. D. Blackmore
- Perhaps the very difficulty of attaining success is what has stayed many minds in floundering, timid, fogginess.
- Extract from : « Expository Writing » by Mervin James Curl
- So that you'l have time enough to wast away that fulsomness and fogginess of body, that you have gotten in your Nurse-keeping.
- Extract from : « The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and The Confession of the New-married Couple (1682) » by A. Marsh
Synonyms for fogginess
- billow
- brume
- clamminess
- dampness
- dankness
- darkness
- dew
- dewiness
- dimness
- evaporation
- film
- fog
- fogginess
- frost
- gloom
- haze
- haziness
- heaviness
- humectation
- humidness
- mare's tail
- mist
- moistness
- moisture
- mugginess
- murk
- nebula
- nebulosity
- obscurity
- ol' buttermilk sky
- oppressiveness
- overcast
- pea soup
- pother
- puff
- rack
- scud
- sheep
- smog
- smoke
- smother
- sogginess
- steam
- steaminess
- stickiness
- sultriness
- sweatiness
- swelter
- thickness
- thunderhead
- vapor
- vaporization
- veil
- wet
- wetness
- woolpack
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