as in dazed
suffering from mental confusion
a discussion that did little more than leave the participants hopelessly fogged
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1
as in confused
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue
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2
as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
time will fog memories
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Recent Examples of fogged
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Most importantly, avoid wiping fogged glass with your hand while driving.
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Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
28 May 2026
Losers often exit the octagon wobbling, smiling, fogged, concussed.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
Under the thinning clouds, the Gulf was like a fogged mirror.
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Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
Every now and then, a car slows to a crawl before pulling over beside the memorial, the people inside sitting silently behind fogged windows, perhaps reminiscing, perhaps praying, perhaps simply trying to make sense of a loss too enormous to truly understand.
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Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
Ford has strategically placed fogged glass around the windows of the third floor to maintain security, yet still provide just enough transparency to remind people of Ford's history and its mission.
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Jamie L. Lareau,
USA Today,
25 Nov. 2025
Walking the exhaust-fogged streets of Owerri, Nigeria, Ejimanya, the engineering dean of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, carries with him a department’s worth of communications, some handwritten, others on disk.
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IEEE Spectrum,
20 Aug. 2025
Floodwaters, regardless of the severity of the event, can cause a range of problems for your vehicle — from cosmetic issues like rust and fogged headlights to mold inside the interior.
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Brandi D. Addison,
jsonline.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Luis was dressed in his hospital pyjamas; his pained breathing fogged his mask while the oxygen canister gurgled and whirred.
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Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
No longer fogged by the haze of a monster dead-cap figure, and the need for middle-market value-hunting.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
The windows were all fogged up.
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David Lyons,
Miami Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
Maroon's memories of her stillborn daughter, rosy and warm, are fogged by the exhaustion of her long labor.
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Andrea Lucia,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
When my operating eye gets wet, the glass gets fogged up.
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Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
While Hood said his breathing was restricted, and the plexiglass quickly fogged, air was heard hissing in past the mask's silicone seal.
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Arkansas Online,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Feminism, the fogged lens through which critics have often viewed her work, is seemingly no more urgent to her than food or fashion—or Star Trek, for that matter, which has inspired several drawings and paintings.
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Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Most importantly, avoid wiping fogged glass with your hand while driving.
—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
28 May 2026
Losers often exit the octagon wobbling, smiling, fogged, concussed.
—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
Under the thinning clouds, the Gulf was like a fogged mirror.
—
Stephen King,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
Every now and then, a car slows to a crawl before pulling over beside the memorial, the people inside sitting silently behind fogged windows, perhaps reminiscing, perhaps praying, perhaps simply trying to make sense of a loss too enormous to truly understand.
—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
Ford has strategically placed fogged glass around the windows of the third floor to maintain security, yet still provide just enough transparency to remind people of Ford's history and its mission.
—
Jamie L. Lareau,
USA Today,
25 Nov. 2025
Walking the exhaust-fogged streets of Owerri, Nigeria, Ejimanya, the engineering dean of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, carries with him a department’s worth of communications, some handwritten, others on disk.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
20 Aug. 2025
Floodwaters, regardless of the severity of the event, can cause a range of problems for your vehicle — from cosmetic issues like rust and fogged headlights to mold inside the interior.
—
Brandi D. Addison,
jsonline.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
Cigarette smoke fogged the air, copyboys ran in and out, everyone shouted and no one listened.
—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Luis was dressed in his hospital pyjamas; his pained breathing fogged his mask while the oxygen canister gurgled and whirred.
—
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
No longer fogged by the haze of a monster dead-cap figure, and the need for middle-market value-hunting.
—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
The windows were all fogged up.
—
David Lyons,
Miami Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
Maroon's memories of her stillborn daughter, rosy and warm, are fogged by the exhaustion of her long labor.
—
Andrea Lucia,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
When my operating eye gets wet, the glass gets fogged up.
—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
While Hood said his breathing was restricted, and the plexiglass quickly fogged, air was heard hissing in past the mask's silicone seal.
—
Arkansas Online,
15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fogged
Adjective
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Humans of all ages, in fact, stare dazed into glowing screens.
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Rapkin, truth be told, looked a little dazed.
Verb
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It's called cognitive empathy, not to be confused with emotional empathy.
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So The Listeners — not to be confused with 2022’s The Listener starring Tessa Thompson and you in a voice role — is just now reaching the States.
Verb
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Wernicke says that's wrong—and that the misattribution has obscured something important.
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The documents in question include eight emails with either the sender or recipient blacked out, a draft indictment of Epstein with the names of potential co-conspirators obscured and a 2019 email that mentions several co-conspirators whose names were redacted.
Adjective
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At the risk of sounding less like a columnist and more like a bewildered bystander … what the heck happened?
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Urged by a call from Hugo to destroy her phone and flee Kansas City fast, before WARDEX can get to her, Margaret also hits the road, accompanied initially by a bewildered Jackson.
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Yet within weeks of Trump declaring the rehabilitation completed in time for Independence Day, the water was plagued by a vivid green algae bloom that clouded the pool’s coating.
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During the trial, Diana Barratt, a Boca Raton neurologist hired by the defense, testified that the other boat theory was a result of Pino's memory being clouded after the crash.
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The baby's face was blurred, but it could be heard crying.
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When a citizen files a police report and shares it with Gabriel, the company hands the victim relevant footage with faces blurred.
Adjective
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Anderson has said the body double acts as a kind of calmer mirror, and that the distracted person feels a quiet pull not to waste the other person’s time.
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As if the sudden influx of orders weren't enough, Carmy also has to contend with feuding employees, a delinquent trainee, a distracted pastry chef, a dearth of giardiniera, and a dry Sharpie.
Verb
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Experts warn the vast basin, fed by the murky Tidal Basin and darkened by new paint that warms the water, may never stay algae-free without more drastic measures.
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On a recent night in Havana, as another blackout darkened much of the city, taxi driver Leonardo Daniel González steered a friend’s glowing purple 1948 Chevrolet Fleetmaster through the darkness.
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“Fogged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fogged. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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