fog

fog
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. mist, smog, vapor, haze, cloud; uncertainty, obscurity. See cloudiness, moisture.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Vapor near the earth]
Syn. mist, haze, smog, exhalation, murk, cloud, nebula, film, steam, wisp, effluvium, brume, smoke, vapor, London fog, soup*, pea soup*; see also haze , mist .
2. [Mental obscurity]
Syn. stupor, daze, befuddlement; see confusion 2 .
See Synonym Study at mist .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
1. mist haze, cloud, brume, sea smoke, vapor, *pea soup, murk, smog, gloom.
WORD FIND
• cooling point below which fog forms: dew point
• dense mass of: fog bank
• descriptive: diaphanous, gossamer, nubilous, ethereal, veils, gauzy, sea’s breath, thick enough to curdle, as thick as New England clam chowder, thick enough to eat/shovel, creeping, dank, cloaking, shrouds, sheets of fog like the sails of Spanish galleons, ghosting over the water, wisps, fingers of fog clutching at ship riggings, soul-dampening
• freezing fog that deposits frost: rime
• ice crystals, containing: pogonip
• surrounded by and prevented from sailing: fogbound
2. muddle confusion, daze, bewilderment, haze, stupor, disorientation, perplexity, mystification.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A thick, heavy atmospheric condition offering reduced visibility because of the presence of suspended particles: brume, haze, mist, murk, smaze. See CLEAR. 2. A stunned or bewildered condition: befuddlement, bewilderedness, bewilderment, daze, discombobulation, muddle, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, stupefaction, stupor, trance. See AWARENESS. II verb To make dim or indistinct: becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dim, dull, eclipse, gloom, mist, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shadow. See CLEAR.

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