fogginess

/-gēnə̇s -gin-/ (ame, mw)

fogginess — noun

1. the condition of being filled with thick cloud near the ground so that it is har

1.名詞B2
釋義

the condition of being filled with thick cloud near the ground so that it is hard to see, or of a person's mental state being unclear, confused, and slow to react — for example, the fogginess of an early winter morning or the fogginess you feel after a sleepless night.

例句

The morning fogginess made the driver slow to a crawl on the mountain road.

fogginess of [the morning] — literal weather fog

After his illness, the patient felt a mental fogginess that made simple tasks difficult.

mental fogginess — metaphorical, relating to confused thinking

同義詞
  • mistiness

    suggests lighter, thinner fog or haze, often less severe than fogginess

  • haziness

    can be literal (air quality) or metaphorical (vague memory), often less dense than fogginess

  • cloudiness

    usually describes sky conditions rather than ground-level fog; also metaphorical for lack of clarity

反義詞
  • clarity

    the quality of being clear, whether of air or of thought

文法句型

the fogginess of [noun]

用法筆記

This sense covers both literal weather fog and a figurative mental state. The metaphorical use (mental fogginess) is common after illness, lack of sleep, or certain medications.

常見錯誤

❌The fogginess was so thick I could not see five feet.
✅The fog was so thick I could not see five feet.
💡Use 'fog' for the physical phenomenon itself; 'fogginess' refers to the quality or state of being foggy, not the fog as a substance.

2. the quality of an object, image, or scene that lacks a clear, sharp edge or boun

2.名詞C1
釋義

the quality of an object, image, or scene that lacks a clear, sharp edge or boundary, making its shape or details difficult to see — used for blurry photographs, objects seen through smoke or mist, or things that are not visually distinct.

例句

The old photograph's fogginess made the people in the back row impossible to identify.

fogginess of [the old photograph] — visual indistinctness of an image

Steam from the soup created a fogginess around where the kitchen door should be.

同義詞
  • blurriness

    more common in everyday speech for out-of-focus images or vision; fogginess adds a sense of haze or mist

  • fuzziness

    suggests a soft, unclear edge like on a badly tuned television or an out-of-focus photo

  • indistinctness

    more formal and general; covers any lack of clarity, not just visual

  • haziness

    similar to fogginess but often implies atmospheric or distance-related lack of definition rather than camera blur

反義詞
  • sharpness

    the quality of having clear, well-defined edges

  • clarity

    the state of being easy to see and understand; covers both visual and conceptual aspects

文法句型

the fogginess of [noun]