adj · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈfɒɡi/
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rhymes with -ɒɡi
CMU ARPABET:F AA1 G IY0
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Confused, befuddled, or vague.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
He was still foggy with sleep.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Being, covered with, or pertaining to fog (“tall grass etc that grows after, or is left after, cutting; moss”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dazed, groggy, logy, stuporous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From fog + -y, originally in the sense "covered with tall grass; marshy; thick". It is not clear whether fog (“mist”) is a back-formation from foggy (“covered with tall, obscuring grass”) or has a separate Germanic origin, and hence whether foggy (“covered with tall grass”) and foggy (“obscured by mist”) represent one word or two. See fog ("mist"; "tall grass") for more.
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
ضَبَابِيّ
(ḍabābiyy)
— obscured by mist or fog
Azerbaijani:
dumanlı
— obscured by mist or fog
Belarusian:
тума́нны
(tumánny)
— obscured by mist or fog
Bulgarian:
мъглив
(mǎgliv)
— obscured by mist or fog
Bulgarian:
замъглен
(zamǎglen)
— obscured by mist or fog
Catalan:
emboirat
— obscured by mist or fog
Chechen:
дохка
(doxka)
— obscured by mist or fog
Czech:
mlhavý
— obscured by mist or fog
Czech:
mlžný
— obscured by mist or fog
Danish:
tåget
— obscured by mist or fog
Dutch:
mistig
— obscured by mist or fog
Dutch:
nevelig
— obscured by mist or fog
Esperanto:
nebula
— obscured by mist or fog
Estonian:
udune
— obscured by mist or fog
Finnish:
sumuinen
— obscured by mist or fog
Finnish:
utuinen
— obscured by mist or fog
French:
brumeux
— obscured by mist or fog
Galician:
bretemoso
— obscured by mist or fog
Georgian:
ნისლიანი
(nisliani)
— obscured by mist or fog
German:
neblig
— obscured by mist or fog
German:
diesig
— obscured by mist or fog
Greek:
ομιχλώδης
(omichlódis)
— obscured by mist or fog
Hungarian:
ködös
— obscured by mist or fog
Hunsrik:
newlich
— obscured by mist or fog
Irish:
ceomhar
— obscured by mist or fog
Italian:
nebbioso
— obscured by mist or fog
Lao:
ມີຫມອກ
(mī mǭk)
— obscured by mist or fog
Latin:
nebulōsus
— obscured by mist or fog
Latvian:
miglains
— obscured by mist or fog
Lithuanian:
miglotas
— obscured by mist or fog
Luxembourgish:
niwweleg
— obscured by mist or fog
Macedonian:
ма́глив
(mágliv)
— obscured by mist or fog
Macedonian:
за́маглен
(zámaglen)
— obscured by mist or fog
Māori:
kōehuehu
— obscured by mist or fog
Navajo:
áhí bee chahałheeł
— obscured by mist or fog
Norwegian Bokmål:
tåkete
— obscured by mist or fog
Norwegian Bokmål:
tåket
— obscured by mist or fog
Norwegian Nynorsk:
tåkete
— obscured by mist or fog
Polish:
mglisty
— obscured by mist or fog
Portuguese:
enevoado
— obscured by mist or fog
Portuguese:
nublado
— obscured by mist or fog
Romanian:
încețat
— obscured by mist or fog
Russian:
тума́нный
(tumánnyj)
— obscured by mist or fog
Russian:
сму́тный
(smútnyj)
— obscured by mist or fog
Russian:
мгли́стый
(mglístyj)
— obscured by mist or fog
Serbo-Croatian:
магловит
— obscured by mist or fog
Serbo-Croatian:
maglovit
— obscured by mist or fog
Slovak:
hmlistý
— obscured by mist or fog
Slovene:
meglen
— obscured by mist or fog
Spanish:
brumoso
— obscured by mist or fog
Spanish:
nebuloso
— obscured by mist or fog
Spanish:
neblinoso
— obscured by mist or fog
Spanish:
emboriado
— obscured by mist or fog
Spanish:
caliginoso
— obscured by mist or fog
Swedish:
dimmig
— obscured by mist or fog
Swedish:
disig
— obscured by mist or fog
Turkish:
sisli
— obscured by mist or fog
Ukrainian:
тума́нний
(tumánnyj)
— obscured by mist or fog