misty

See also Misty

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪsti

Adjective

misty (comparative mistier, superlative mistiest)

1. With mist; foggy

   It’s a very misty morning this morning - I can’t see a thing!

2. (figuratively) With tears in the eyes

   Her eyes grew misty the night her long-time friend passed away.

Derived terms

• mistify

Translations

with mist; foggy

• Dutch: mistig (nl)
• Finnish: usvainen (fi), sumuinen (fi)
• French: brumeux (fr)
• Japanese: 霞み (ja) (kasumi)
• Jèrriais: embliâsé

• Maori: ānehu (mi), pūkohukohu (mi)
• Polish: mglisty (pl) m
• Russian: тума́нный (ru) (tumánnyj) 
• Scots: immis
• Spanish: con neblina

with tears in the eyes

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• Spanish: borroso

Anagrams

• stimy