FOGGED Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

fogged 1 of 2

adjective

as in dazed

suffering from mental confusion a discussion that did little more than leave the participants hopelessly fogged

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fogged

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verb

past tense of fog

as in confused

to make (something) unclear to the understanding extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue

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as in obscured

to make dark, dim, or indistinct time will fog memories

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Feminism, the fogged lens through which critics have often viewed her work, is seemingly no more urgent to her than food or fashion—or Star Trek, for that matter, which has inspired several drawings and paintings. — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026 Most importantly, avoid wiping fogged glass with your hand while driving. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 28 May 2026 Losers often exit the octagon wobbling, smiling, fogged, concussed. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 May 2026 Under the thinning clouds, the Gulf was like a fogged mirror. — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026 Every now and then, a car slows to a crawl before pulling over beside the memorial, the people inside sitting silently behind fogged windows, perhaps reminiscing, perhaps praying, perhaps simply trying to make sense of a loss too enormous to truly understand. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 10 May 2026 Ford has strategically placed fogged glass around the windows of the third floor to maintain security, yet still provide just enough transparency to remind people of Ford's history and its mission. — Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025 Walking the exhaust-fogged streets of Owerri, Nigeria, Ejimanya, the engineering dean of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, carries with him a department’s worth of communications, some handwritten, others on disk. — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2025 Floodwaters, regardless of the severity of the event, can cause a range of problems for your vehicle — from cosmetic issues like rust and fogged headlights to mold inside the interior. — Brandi D. Addison, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025

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Cigarette smoke fogged the air, copyboys ran in and out, everyone shouted and no one listened. — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 Luis was dressed in his hospital pyjamas; his pained breathing fogged his mask while the oxygen canister gurgled and whirred. — Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026 No longer fogged by the haze of a monster dead-cap figure, and the need for middle-market value-hunting. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026 The windows were all fogged up. — David Lyons, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2026 Maroon's memories of her stillborn daughter, rosy and warm, are fogged by the exhaustion of her long labor. — Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026 When my operating eye gets wet, the glass gets fogged up. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025 While Hood said his breathing was restricted, and the plexiglass quickly fogged, air was heard hissing in past the mask's silicone seal. — Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2025

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Adjective

When the dazed young woman reels off quotes from an obscure self-help book, her new acolytes take her words as gnomic wisdom.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026
The cops arrived hours past midnight, turning on the lights to reveal an army of dazed, squinting faces.

— Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

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However, comments Titi and KC made on their Aftersun episode after being dumped from the villa left Aniya confused about where their dynamic stood.

— Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
But getting to these moments means being okay with being confused, and that’s because season 2 really ratchets up the complexity primarily by introducing a whole bunch of new characters, most of whom are variants of existing ones.

— Andrew Webster, The Verge, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of confused

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Many of her photographs were attributed to Capa, which obscured her contribution once Friedmann adopted the name for himself alone.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
In the years since Shakur's murder, what exactly happened in that hail of bullets -- and who pulled the trigger -- was obscured by a lack of physical evidence, feuding cops and the gangland code of silence.

— Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of obscured

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Telescopes show Venus's crescent lengthening and thinning throughout the month, but observers at mid-northern latitudes will find Venus's image to be blurred by turbulence low in the sky.

— Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Lands’ End Starfish Mid-Rise Straight-Leg Pants The line between yoga pants and trousers is blurred with this pair of stretchy, straight-leg pants from Lands’ End.

— Melony Forcier, InStyle, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of blurred

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Riggs said the Teamsters’ safety argument is weakened by the inconsistent safety record of human truck drivers, who have fallen asleep at the wheel or driven while distracted or otherwise impaired.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Police will be on the lookout for drivers who are speeding, distracted, and those failing to stop for pedestrians.

— Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

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