as in dazed
suffering from mental confusion
a discussion that did little more than leave the participants hopelessly fogged
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as in confused
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue
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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.
—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
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
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.
—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
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This led to a surreal sight at 5-0 in the fourth set, with Safiullin flat on his back receiving treatment for a hip injury while a dazed Ruud tried to revive himself with an ice towel.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Moments later, dazed residents staggered out as others rushed in to help.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
Verb
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Using a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer, for example, the spectral biosignatures of carbon dioxide and methane may overlap, leading to the gasses being confused with each other and signs of life being dismissed or lost.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
1 June 2026
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Brown women artists are often confused with anthropologists.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
Verb
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The fields and farmlands behind the house, as far as the eye could see, were obscured entirely.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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This was done the day before weather predictions called for overcast conditions with the sun obscured.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Karl-Anthony Towns, who was on the podium with him, took off his glasses and looked at his teammate with a bewildered expression.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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Everyone was so relieved to see how bewildered everyone else was that the feeling in this place was almost festive.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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In IconArrows pointing outwards Those results failed to impress investors, however, because they were clouded by the overall results of Honeywell, a conglomerate struggling to generate the stock returns enjoyed by the market and competing companies in the last several years.—
Phil LeBeau,Meghan Reeder,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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The wreaths of smoke surrounding him never clouded his vision.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Meanwhile, hospital visits and funerals of friends blurred together.—
Christina Ray Stanton,
Time,
2 June 2026
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Brown had blurred her daughter's face.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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If someone feels rushed, awkward, distracted or overly analyzed, their answers often become guarded and surface-level.—
King Holder,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2026
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Out of those, 46 of the crashes involving distracted driving were fatal.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
Verb
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For her role as Selena Quintanilla in the 1997 film about the late singer, her arches were darkened and defined.—
Tori Crowther,
Allure,
27 May 2026
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But as soon as the Lumière Theatre darkened and the movie began to play, Driver slipped out of his seat.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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“Fogged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fogged. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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