foggy

English

Etymology

fog +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡi

Adjective

foggy (comparative foggier, superlative foggiest)

1. Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy
2. (figuratively) Confused, befuddled, etc.

   He was still foggy with sleep.

   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VI:

     If she knew [a psychiatrist was] observing her son with a view to finding out if he was foggy between the ears, there would be umbrage on her part, or even dudgeon.

Derived terms

• fogginess

Translations

obscured by mist or fog

• Bulgarian: мъглив (bg) (mǎgliv), замъглен (bg) (zamǎglen)
• Catalan: enboirat m
• Esperanto: nebula (eo)
• Finnish: sumuinen (fi), utuinen
• French: brumeux (fr)
• Galician: brétema (gl) f
• Georgian: ნისლიანი (nisliani)
• German: neblig (de), diesig (de)
• Hungarian: ködös (hu)
• Lao: ມີໝອກ (mī mǭk)
• Luxembourgish: niwweleg
• Navajo: áhí bee chahałheeł

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tåkete (no), tåket

  Nynorsk: tåkete

• Portuguese: enevoado (pt), nublado (pt)
• Romanian: încețat m
• Russian: тума́нный (ru) (tumánnyj), сму́тный (ru) (smútnyj), мгли́стый (ru) (mglístyj)
• Swedish: dimmig (sv), disig
• Turkish: sisli (tr)
• Vietnamese: có sương mù
• Welsh: niwlog (cy)