| Main Entry: | fog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heavy mist that reduces visibility |
Synonyms: |
London fog, brume, cloud, effluvium, film, gloom, grease, ground clouds, haze, miasma, murk, murkiness, nebula, obscurity, pea soup, smaze, smog, smoke, smother, soup, steam, vapor, visibility zero-zero, wisp |
| Notes: | haze is atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility while fog is droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground causing reduced visibility |
Antonyms: |
clearness |
| Main Entry: | fog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental unclarity |
Synonyms: |
befuddlement, blindness, confusion, daze, haze, maze, mist, muddledness, muddlement, obscurity, perplexity, stupor, trance, vagueness |
Antonyms: |
cognizance, understanding |
| Main Entry: | fog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | muddle, obscure |
Synonyms: |
addle, becloud, bedim, befuddle, bewilder, blind, blur, cloud, confuse, darken, daze, dim, eclipse, mist, muddy, mystify, obfuscate, perplex, puzzle, steam up, stupefy |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain |
| Main Entry: | cloud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass of water particles in air |
Synonyms: |
billow, brume, darkness, dimness, film, fog, fogginess, frost, gloom, haze, haziness, mare's tail, mist, murk, nebula, nebulosity, obscurity, ol' buttermilk sky, overcast, pea soup, pother, puff, rack, scud, sheep, smog, smoke, smother, steam, thunderhead, vapor, veil, woolpack |
| Main Entry: | cloud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become foggy or obscured |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, becloud, befog, blur, darken, dim, eclipse, envelop, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, veil |
Antonyms: |
clear, unfog, unveil |
| Main Entry: | confuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bewilder someone |
Synonyms: |
abash, addle, amaze, astonish, baffle, becloud, bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, cloud, clutter, complicate, confound, darken, daze, demoralize, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disorient, distract, embarrass, faze, fluster, fog, frustrate, fuddle, involve, lead astray, mess up*, misinform, mislead, mortify, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, rattle, render uncertain, shame, stir up, stump, throw off, throw off balance, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry |
Antonyms: |
clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain |
| Main Entry: | confusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disoriented state |
Synonyms: |
abashment, ado, anarchy, astonishment, bustle, chaos, clutter, commotion, complexity, complication, consternation, daze, difficulty, disarray, discomposure, dislocation, disorganization, distraction, emotional upset, ferment, fog, fracas, haze, hodge-podge, imbroglio, intricacy, jumble, labyrinth, mess, mistake, muddle, mystification, pandemonium, perturbation, racket, riot, row, shambles, stir, stupefaction, surprise, tangle, trouble, tumult, turmoil, untidiness, upheaval, uproar, wilderness |
Antonyms: |
calm, clarity, composure, method, order, organization, orientation, system |
| Main Entry: | darken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become shaded, unlit |
Synonyms: |
becloud, bedim, blacken, cloud over, cloud up, deepen, dim, eclipse, fog, gray, haze, make dim, murk, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, tone down |
Antonyms: |
brighten, illuminate, lighten, whiten |
| Main Entry: | dim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | darken; obscure |
Synonyms: |
becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dull, eclipse, fade, fog, haze, lower, muddy, obfuscate, pale, tarnish, turn down |
Antonyms: |
brighten, lighten |
| Main Entry: | haze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cloudy air |
Synonyms: |
brume, cloud, dimness, film, fog, fumes, ground clouds, haziness, indistinctness, miasma, mist, murk, obscurity, smog, smokiness, smother, soup, steam, vapor |
| Notes: | haze is atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility while fog is droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground causing reduced visibility |
Antonyms: |
clarity, clearness |