Synonyms of befogged

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adjective

1

as in hazy

filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension

the befogged air of the construction site was so clogged with dust that I starting coughing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hazy
• misty
• clouded
• murky
• rainy
• foggy
• cloudy
• beclouded
• thick
• smoggy
• gauzy
• smoky
• milky
• muddy
• soupy
• brumous
• turbid
• overcast
• slimy
• miasmatic
• mucky
• stormy
• miasmic
• slushy
• miasmal
• opaque
• smudgy
• sooty
• dirty
• miry
• filmy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clear
• limpid
• cloudless
• unclouded
• bright
• clean
• pellucid
• sunny
• fair
• transparent
• translucent
• sunshiny
• clement

2

as in dazed

suffering from mental confusion

became hopelessly befogged after trying to understand the instructions for the latest handheld device

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dazed
• bewildered
• confused
• distracted
• dizzy
• stunned
• fogged
• bemused
• befuddled
• out of it
• muddleheaded
• stupefied
• silly
• addled
• raddled
• addle
• confounded
• muzzy
• mixed-up
• bedeviled
• spacey
• punch-drunk
• pixilated
• dopey
• at sea
• unconscious
• shell-shocked
• slaphappy
• punchy
• bushed
• addlepated
• zonked
• zonked-out
• spaced-out
• senseless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conscious
• clearheaded
• alert

befogged

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verb

past tense of befog

1

as in confused

to make (something) unclear to the understanding

the professor's convoluted explanation only befogged the textbook's presentation of this scientific principle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confused
• clouded
• fogged
• blurred
• beclouded
• muddied
• complicated
• obfuscated
• disrupted
• perplexed
• sophisticated
• snarled
• disarranged
• tangled
• jumbled
• muddled
• disheveled
• upset
• disordered
• entangled
• scrambled
• tousled
• shuffled
• disturbed
• discomposed
• disarrayed
• mixed (up)
• messed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clarified
• cleared (up)
• illuminated
• simplified
• streamlined
• disentangled
• unraveled
• straightened (out)
• analyzed
• deciphered
• undid
• untangled
• decoded
• broke down
• unscrambled

2

as in obscured

to make dark, dim, or indistinct

the morning murk befogged our view of the harbor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obscured
• blurred
• darkened
• clouded
• fogged
• blackened
• shrouded
• overshadowed
• dimmed
• beclouded
• misted
• hazed
• bleared
• overcast
• shadowed
• overclouded
• bedimmed
• concealed
• shaded
• obliterated
• covered
• eclipsed
• adumbrated
• dislimned
• hid
• fuzzed (up)
• masked
• veiled
• cloaked
• curtained
• disguised
• camouflaged
• blotted out
• screened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lit (up)
• illuminated
• brightened
• revealed
• illumined
• exposed
• lightened
• uncovered
• unveiled

3

as in bewildered

to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

completely befogged by the sudden change of subject

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bewildered
• confused
• puzzled
• baffled
• perplexed
• fuddled
• befuddled
• disoriented
• addled
• vexed
• muddled
• embarrassed
• confounded
• discombobulated
• mystified
• mazed
• rattled
• flummoxed
• bemused
• bamboozled
• muddied
• bothered
• disturbed
• flustered
• stunned
• posed
• buffaloed
• foxed
• graveled
• unsettled
• upset
• got
• went to one's head
• beat
• disconcerted
• stuck
• stumped
• agitated
• blew one's mind
• nonplussed
• discomfited
• disquieted
• discomforted
• abashed
• mortified
• discountenanced
• distressed
• discomposed
• deceived
• fazed
• perturbed
• deluded
• dismayed
• weirded out
• unhinged
• chagrined
• misled
• cozened
• humbugged
• gulled
• misguided
• beguiled
• hoodwinked
• fooled
• tricked
• duped
• strung along
• snowed
• took in
• hoaxed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assured
• satisfied
• informed
• reassured
• enlightened