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FOGGINESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does fogginess mean?

• FOGGINESS (noun)
The noun FOGGINESS has 2 senses:

1. an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
2. the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines

Familiarity information: FOGGINESS used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FOGGINESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

fogginess; murk; murkiness; fog

Hypernyms ("fogginess" is a kind of...):

atmosphere; atmospheric state (the weather or climate at some place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fogginess"):

fug ((British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

blurriness; fuzziness; indistinctness; fogginess; softness

Hypernyms ("fogginess" is a kind of...):

opacity; opaqueness (the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fogginess"):

dimness; faintness (the quality of being dim or lacking contrast)

vagueness (indistinctness of shape or character)

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FOGGINESS: related words searches

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