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adjective
- 1. full of, covered with, or accompanied by mist: "the evening was cold and misty" Similar Opposite
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MISTY definition: 1. If the weather is misty, there is mist in the air that makes it difficult to see into the…. Learn more.
1. a. : obscured by mist. b. : consisting of or marked by mist. 2. a. : indistinct. a misty recollection of the event. b. : vague, confused. avoided the large, vague, misty issues Reuben Abel. 3. : tearful. mistily. ˈmi-stə-lē. adverb. mistiness. ˈmi-stē-nəs. noun.
Misty definition: abounding in or clouded by mist. . See examples of MISTY used in a sentence.
The air is thick with moisture, and there's just barely a light rain. When the air is foggy or hazy, you've got a misty situation. It isn't easy to see through misty weather, which happens most often in the morning because of moisture in the air.
used to describe glass or a similar surface that is covered with a mist that makes it difficult to see through: The windshield is all misty. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of misty from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) misty | Intermediate English. adjective.
1. Consisting of or marked by mist: a misty rain; a misty night. 2. Obscured or clouded by or as if by mist: far-off, misty mountains. 3. a. Vague; hazy: a misty recollection of a dream. b. Full of tender emotion; sentimental: a love story that left us feeling misty and sad. mist′i·ly adv. mist′i·ness n.
Definition of misty adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of 'misty' Word Frequency. misty. (mɪsti ) Word forms: comparative mistier, superlative mistiest. adjective. On a misty day, there is a lot of mist in the air. It's a little misty this morning. Synonyms: foggy, unclear, murky, fuzzy More Synonyms of misty. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Misty definition, abounding in or clouded by mist. See more.
misty. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Nature mist‧y /ˈmɪsti/ adjective 1 misty weather is weather with a lot of mist a cold, misty morning 2 literary if your eyes are misty, they are full of tears, especially because you are remembering a time in the past He paused, his eyes growing misty.
