2. Beclouded; dull; obscure; as, foggy ideas.
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Your coarse, foggy, drowsy conceit. --Hayward. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
foggy — (adj.) 1540s, perhaps from a Scandinavian source, or formed from FOG (Cf. fog) (1) + Y (Cf. 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… … Etymology dictionary
foggy — index indistinct, nebulous, opaque, unclear Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
foggy — [adj] hazy, obscure blurred, ceiling zero*, closed in, clouded, cloudy, dark, dim, filmy, fogged in, fuzzy, gray, indistinct, misty, murky, mushy, nebulous, pea soupy*, smazy, smoggy, socked in*, soupy*, unclear, vague, vaporous, vapory, zero… … New thesaurus
foggy — ► ADJECTIVE (foggier, foggiest) 1) full of or accompanied by fog. 2) confused. ● not have the foggiest (idea) Cf. ↑not have the foggiest idea ORIGIN perhaps from fog grass … English terms dictionary
foggy — [fôg′ē, fäg′ē] adj. foggier, foggiest 1. full of fog; misty; murky 2. dim; blurred; clouded 3. confused; perplexed foggily adv. fogginess n … English World dictionary
foggy — UK [ˈfɒɡɪ] / US [ˈfɔɡɪ] adjective Word forms foggy : adjective foggy comparative foggier superlative foggiest 1) full of fog or covered with fog It was too foggy to drive. a foggy day 2) confused because you cannot think or see clearly foggy with … English dictionary
foggy — fog|gy [ fɔgi ] adjective 1. ) full of FOG or covered with fog: It was too foggy to drive anywhere. a foggy day 2. ) confused because you cannot think or see clearly: foggy with: Still foggy with sleep, she groped her way down the hall. 3. ) not… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
foggy — fog|gy [ˈfɔgi US ˈfa:gi, ˈfo:gi] adj 1.) if the weather is foggy, there is fog ▪ a foggy day in November ▪ driving in foggy conditions 2.) not have the foggiest (idea) spoken to not know at all ▪ None of us had the foggiest idea about how to put… … Dictionary of contemporary English
foggy — foggily, adv. fogginess, n. /fog ee, faw gee/, adj., foggier, foggiest. 1. thick with or having much fog; misty: a foggy valley; a foggy spring day. 2. covered or enveloped as if with fog: a foggy mirror. 3. blurred or obscured as if by fog; not… … Universalium
foggy — [[t]fɒ̱gi[/t]] foggier, foggiest 1) ADJ GRADED: oft it v link ADJ When it is foggy, there is fog. It s quite foggy now... Conditions were damp and foggy after morning sleet. 2) PHRASE: V inflects (emphasis) If you say that you haven t the… … English dictionary
