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MISTY

misty - a 
wet with mist; "the misty evening" 

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Synonyms

cloudy, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, murky, overcast, bleary, blurred, closed in, clouded, dark, dewy, dim, enveloped, indistinct, mushy, nebulous

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Examples

It has also been found that in foggy and misty weather suitable colour screens are of assistance.

These conditions sometimes prevail in misty or foggy weather, more particularly at sea, and thus give rise to the phenomena known as "looming."

But, fortunately for her, she felt her eyes growing misty, she saw nothing clearly, her pulse beat a hundred to the minute, and the blood throbbed at her heart.

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Etymology

Old English mistig; but the modern word is perhaps reformed in Middle English from mist (n.) + -y (2). From mid-14c. as "filled or covered with mist, overspread with mist;" early 15c. as "dim, obscure, or clouded as if by mist." Related: Mistily; mistiness.

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