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Synonyms for misty

Most common

cloudy foggy hazy nebulous moist

All synonyms

Adjective

Other

moist

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Covered in mist; foggy.

    It's very misty this morning; I can't see a thing!

Related words

Word family
mistily misty-eyed mistiness

Example sentences

  • cloudy I especially like cloudy skies, why? I don't know.
  • foggy In the afternoon the weather became wet and foggy.
  • hazy She felt weary and the world seemed a little hazy.
  • nebulous Slowly she disappeared in the nebulous woods.
  • moist I baked a cake, and it came out fluffy and moist.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mistyrising
cloudysteady
foggyrising
hazyrising
nebuloussteady
moistfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
hazy2
5 letters
thick1, moist1, muddy2, foggy2
6 letters
cloudy2, opaque2, turbid2
7 letters
obscure2, brumous
8 letters
nebulous3, vaporous
10 letters
indistinct3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hazy2 = 2 syllables).