misty Definition
misty (mis′tē)
adjective mist′i·er, mist′i·est
- of, or having the nature of, mist
- characterized by or covered with mist
- blurred or dimmed, as by mist; indistinct
- obscure or vague
Etymology: ME misti < OE mistig
misty Related Forms
mist′i·ly adverb
mist′i·ness noun
misty Synonyms
misty
modif.
misty Usage Examples
Preposition: with
- drizzle: At dusk it became misty with drizzle later in the night.
- rain: The morning was very misty with slight rain or drizzle.
Infinitive complement
see: It was much too misty to see what was going on on the ground.
Modifies a noun
- drizzle: The dark stonewalls separating the fields contributed to the stark scene and the dampness from the fine misty drizzle penetrated his bones.
- moor: Away from the misty moors, it is the leafy lanes of South Cornwall which are thought to be haunted by the past.
- morning: On misty mornings the fens can almost look like a sea of water.
- dawn: Hyn awoke to the misty gray dawn in panic.
- cloud: The day was mainly sunny with early misty cloud burning off during the morning leaving smoke haze.
- rain: It was nothing special: Mount Lu in misty rain; the River Che at high tide.
Modifying Another Word
- slightly: Woke up to a slightly misty morning - hope we will actually be able to see the site.
- rather: Wast Hill tunnel rather misty, we passed an Anglo Welsh boat coming through.
- too: It was much too misty to see what was going on on the ground.
- very: The morning was very misty with slight rain or drizzle.
- still: There will be bright or sunny spells across much of the UK, although still misty in the southwest.
- so: America would just be coming on-line about now... " Why's it so misty?
Used with adjective complement
- become: During the afternoon however, western coasts may become misty with some sea fog possible.
- get: I can get misty eyed just thinking about ' The Pact ' .
- remain: Some drizzle also fell over N England and E Scotland, and it remained rather misty across England under the cloudy skies.
- dawn: Saturday dawned misty with a poor forecast for the day - rain and wind.
- go: One dream was definitely the saddest, yet clearest thought I've ever had, ( tho it's gone misty already ).
Browse dictionary entries near misty
- ‹ mistrustful
- ‹ mistrust
- ‹ mistrial
- ‹ mistress
- ‹ mistreatment
- ‹ mistreat
- ‹ mistranslate
- ‹ mistral
- ‹ mistook
- ‹ mistletoe
- misty-eyed ›
- misunderstand ›
- misunderstanding ›
- misunderstood ›
- misusage ›
- misuse ›
- misuser ›
- misvalue ›
- misword ›
- miswrite ›

