misty

Meaning

1. Covered in mist; foggy.
2. Dim; vague; obscure.
3. With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed.

Synonyms

foggy

🌁

hazy

cloudy

☁️

dim

indistinct

vague

brumous

fuzzy

unclear

smoggy

overcast

be foggy

be hazy

obscure

fog

🌫️

fumy

gaseous

gasiform

gassy

gloomy

indeterminate

inexplicit

nebulous

opaque

raining

sprinkle

steamy

tearful

thick

uncertain

vaporous

vapoury

fog up

get cloudy

mist up

feeling depressed

feeling sad

feeling fuzzy

very dark

covered with steam

ambiguous

said of the eye

bedim

blear

blurred

clouded

confused

😕

drizzle

drizzling

drizzling rain

dull

dust storm

fabulous

faint

fizzy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪsti/

Etymology

From Middle English misty, mysty, misti, from Old English mistiġ (“misty, dark”); equivalent to mist + -y. Cognate with Scots misty, mistie (“misty”), Dutch mistig (“misty, foggy”), Middle Low German mistich (“foggy”).