Synonyms of the word befog


BEFOGBECLOUD - CLOUD - CONCEAL - FOG - HIDE - MIST - OBNUBILATE - OBSCURE

befog

  • v. To envelop in fog.
  • v. To confuse; mystify.

becloud

  • v. (transitive) To cause to become obscure or muddled.
  • v. (transitive, usually passive) To cover or surround with clouds.

cloud

  • n. (obsolete) A rock; boulder; a hill.
  • n. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
  • n. Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
  • n. Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.
  • n. A group or swarm, especially suspended above the ground or flying.
  • n. An elliptical shape or symbol whose outline is a series of semicircles, supposed to resemble a cloud.
  • n. (computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage,…
  • n. (figuratively) A negative aspect of something positive: see every cloud has a silver lining or every silver…
  • n. (slang) Crystal methamphetamine.
  • n. A large, loosely-knitted headscarf worn by women.
  • v. (intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, to become obscured from sight.
  • v. (transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds.
  • v. (transitive) To make obscure.
  • v. (transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.
  • v. (transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).
  • v. (transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colours.

conceal

  • v. (transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

fog

  • n. (uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
  • n. (uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
  • n. A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
  • n. (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
  • n. (computer graphics) Distance fog.
  • v. (intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
  • v. (intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
  • v. (intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.
  • v. (transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.
  • v. (transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
  • v. (transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.
  • v. (transitive) To make confusing or obscure.
  • v. (transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
  • v. To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.
  • n. A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
  • n. (Britain, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season; foggage.
  • n. (Scotland) Moss.
  • v. (transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.

hide

  • v. (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
  • v. (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.
  • n. (countable) The skin of an animal.
  • n. (obsolete or derogatory) The human skin.
  • n. (uncountable, informal, usually US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
  • n. (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals…
  • v. To beat with a whip made from hide.
  • n. (historical) An English unit of land and tax assessment intended to support one household and notionally…

mist

  • n. (uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air.
  • n. (countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.
  • n. (figuratively) Anything that dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.
  • v. To form mist.
  • v. To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
  • v. To cover with a mist.
  • v. (of the eyes) To be covered by tears.

obnubilate

  • adj. (obsolete) Covered or darkened as with a cloud; overclouded; obscured.
  • v. (obsolete) To obscure, to shadow.
  • v. To make cloudy.

obscure

  • adj. Dark, faint or indistinct.
  • adj. Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
  • adj. difficult to understand.
  • adj. not well-known.
  • v. (transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible,…
  • v. (transitive) To hide, put out of sight etc.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To conceal oneself; to hide.

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