befog

Meaning

1. To envelop in fog or smoke.
2. To confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties).
3. To obscure, make less clear (a subject, issue, etc.).

Synonyms

cloud

☁️

fog

🌫️

obscure

becloud

haze over

obnubilate

cover

dim

disturb

mist

bedim

distract

haze

bemuse

worry

perplex

benight

interfere with

mist over

mystify

befuddle

overcloud

perturb

stagger

blear

blur

bewilder

stun

confuse

daze

stupefy

discomfit

fill

flummox

Etymology

From be- + fog.