fogs 1 of 2

noun

plural of fog
1
as in hazes
an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency the fog lifted once the sun was out

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2
as in confusions
a state of mental uncertainty I wandered around in a fog after the shocking news

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fogs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fog
1
as in confuses
to make (something) unclear to the understanding extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue

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2
as in obscures
to make dark, dim, or indistinct time will fog memories

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Recent Examples of fogs
Noun
And fogs are closer to us than clouds. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 31 May 2026 Over-the-counter pesticides and fogs will not do the job. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026 Barresi and Cuellar hold each other up with palpable tenderness, each one crafting a long, poignant arc from innocence through the fogs and thorns of experience. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
Verb
The housekeeping team fogs the balés every week to keep most of the biting insects at bay, and gardens teeming with mosquito-repelling lemongrass and zodia plants help keep them at a distance. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fogs
  1. hazes
  2. confusions
  3. confuses
  4. obscures
  5. clouds
  6. tangles
  7. blurs
  8. darkens
Noun
  • Upper hazes on gas giants have been studied ad nauseam, but microphysical processes beneath the main cloud layer remain an enigma.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The scientists also want to gain a more detailed understanding of the three-dimensional structure of the decagon's clouds, hazes, winds and temperatures.
    — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of hazes
Noun
  • Before the Lost Weekend, John and Yoko had their New York Year — turning their personal confusions into beautifully vivid moments of rage and pain.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Definition of confusions
Verb
  • The legal system dehumanizes her, the support group confuses her, and one of her friends painfully disappoints her.
    — Carey Purcell, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
  • This confuses each Nyota but also those around them, who note that the Nyotas have rather quickly assumed new hairstyles but also that neither is behaving quite like herself.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of confuses
Verb
  • Tornado Cash obscures transaction trails by mixing cryptocurrency deposits and withdrawals.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Additionally, the metaphor of the kill switch also obscures the human decisions involved in the responsibility and oversight of an out-of-control model.
    — Trent Wintermeier, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of obscures
Noun
  • Expect sunshine with a few clouds and winds from the southeast at 10 to 15 mph, gusting up to 20 mph, on Wednesday afternoon.
    — Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The rain, along with clouds, will keep temperatures in the low to mid-70s on Tuesday, before another chance of rain late Tuesday night, according to the weather service.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of clouds
Noun
  • The shampoo didn’t strip the tester’s already-dry hair, and a two-minute conditioner left her tangles smooth enough to finger-comb.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The brain’s surface has ridges and valleys, and CTE tangles are found in the depths of those valleys, called the cortical sulci, and surround blood vessels.
    — Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of tangles
Verb
  • Having first revealed her AMD diagnosis in 2012, which is a disease that blurs a person’s central vision by causing damage to the macula, Dench has discussed her potential retirement in recent years.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026
  • And again, that just blurs the lines between what things are supposed to be.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of blurs
Verb
  • But whether in Frankfurt or, later, Weimar — where Soviet officials are as keen to canonize Thomas — this father and daughter aren’t simply driving through Germany but taking a tour across fascism’s long shadow, which still darkens the world.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, the surrounding sky darkens, increasing the contrast until the pale daytime moon seems to switch on at dusk and grow increasingly brilliant.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
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