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fog

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1 a state of mental confusion

didn't get enough sleep and now I'm in a fog

Synonyms of fog

daze, dazedness, haze, muddle, spin, swoon

Words Related to fog

reverie, stupor, trance

befuddlement, bewilderment, perplexity, puzzlement

delirium, malaise, paralysis

cloudiness, fogginess

Near Antonyms of fog

alertness, levelheadedness

2 an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency

the fog lifted once the sun was out

Synonyms of fog

brume, gauze, haze, mist, murk, reek, smog, soup

Words Related to fog

bank, cloud, fume, miasma, smoke, smother, steam

3 a state of mental uncertainty

I wandered around in a fog after the shocking news

Synonyms of fog

bafflement, bamboozlement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderedness, bewilderment, confusedness, confusion, discombobulation, distraction, head-scratching, maze [chiefly dialect], muddle, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, tangle, whirl

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abashment, discomfiture, disconcertment, embarrassment, mortification

agitation, chagrin, discomfort, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturbance, perturbation, upset

bother, commotion, dither, flurry, fluster, fuss, stew, turmoil

Near Antonyms of fog

assurance, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, positiveness, sureness

fog

verb

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1 to make (something) unclear to the understanding

extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue

Synonyms of fog

becloud, befog, blur, cloud, confuse, muddy, obfuscate

Words Related to fog

complicate, perplex, sophisticate

entangle, snarl, tangle

disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disorder, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, scramble, shuffle, tousle, upset

Near Antonyms of fog

simplify, streamline

disentangle, straighten (out), undo, unravel, unscramble, untangle

decipher, decode

analyze, break down

Antonyms of fog

clarify, clear (up), illuminate

2 to make dark, dim, or indistinct

time will fog memories

Synonyms of fog

becloud, bedim, befog, blacken, blear, blur, cloud, darken, dim, dislimn, fuzz (up), haze, mist, obscure, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, shadow, shroud

Words Related to fog

adumbrate, blot out, conceal, eclipse, hide, obliterate, screen, shade

camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, disguise, mask, veil

Near Antonyms of fog

expose, reveal, uncover, unveil

Antonyms of fog

brighten, illuminate, illumine, light (up), lighten

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