foggy

fog·gy

adjective \ˈfȯ-gē, ˈfä-\

fog·gi·erfog·gi·est

Definition of FOGGY

1

a : filled or abounding with fog

b : covered or made opaque by moisture or grime

2

: blurred or obscured as if by fog <hadn't the foggiest notion>

— fog·gi·ly \ˈfȯ-gə-lē, ˈfä-\ adverb

— fog·gi·ness \ˈfȯ-gē-nəs, ˈfä-\ noun

Examples of FOGGY

1. I don't remember what her name was—my memory is a little foggy.
2. <it's pretty foggy outside, so be careful driving home>

Origin of FOGGY

earlier, spongy, marshy, thick, probably from fog second growth of grass, from Middle English fogge

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to FOGGY

Synonyms

beclouded, befogged, brumous, clouded, cloudy, hazy, gauzy, misty, murky, smoggy, soupy

Antonyms

clear, cloudless, limpid, pellucid, unclouded

Related Words

overcast, rainy, stormy, thick; dirty, miry, mucky, muddy, slimy, slushy, turbid; miasmal, miasmatic, miasmic; smoky (also smokey), smudgy, sooty; filmy, milky, opaque

Near Antonyms

bright, clean; clement, fair, sunny, sunshiny; translucent, transparent

Rhymes with FOGGY

boggy, groggy, moggy, smoggy, soggy, yagi