MISTY

brumous, foggy, hazy, misty

(adjective) filled or abounding with fog or mist; “a brumous October morning”

misty

(adjective) wet with mist; “the misty evening”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Misty

A female given name from English, reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.

Anagrams

• stimy

Etymology

Adjective

misty (comparative mistier, superlative mistiest)

Covered in mist; foggy.

(figuratively) Dim; vague; obscure.

(figuratively) With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed.

Anagrams

• stimy

Source: Wiktionary


Mist"y, a. [Compar. Mistier; superl. Mistiest.] Etym: [AS. mistig. See Mist. In some senses misty has been confused with mystic.]

1. Accompained with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere.

2. Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight. The more I muse therein [theology], The mistier it seemeth. Piers Plowman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 March 2024

HUDDLED

(adjective) crowded or massed together; “give me...your huddled masses”; “the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind”


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