Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Consisting of or marked by mist.
- adjective Obscured or clouded by or as if by mist.
- adjective Vague; hazy.
- adjective Full of tender emotion; sentimental.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Accompanied or characterized by mist; overspread with mist: as, misty weather; a misty atmosphere; a misty day.
- Dim, obscure, or clouded, as if by mist; hence, confused; not perspicuous: as, misty sight; a misty writer or treatise; a misty explanation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Accompanied with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist
- adjective Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective With
mist ;foggy - adjective figuratively With
tears in the eyes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective filled or abounding with fog or mist
- adjective wet with mist
Etymologies
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Examples
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If you zoom the map all the way out until the whole world appears many times over a pattern in misty blue and grey you will see – we are practically next door, and the little markers put their small green heads together and whisper of our happiness.
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He called signals in misty breaths, then got decked when he let go of a pass.
USATODAY.com 2007
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The moral contradictions of this era of British crime are summed up in misty Cockney reminiscences of the psychopathic Kray twins: lovely boys, proper gentlemen, always treated everyone with perfect manners — well, except for the people they killed.
An Old-School Copper 2005
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The moral contradictions of this era of British crime are summed up in misty Cockney reminiscences of the psychopathic Kray twins: lovely boys, proper gentlemen, always treated everyone with perfect manners — well, except for the people they killed.
An Old-School Copper 2005
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The moral contradictions of this era of British crime are summed up in misty Cockney reminiscences of the psychopathic Kray twins: lovely boys, proper gentlemen, always treated everyone with perfect manners — well, except for the people they killed.
An Old-School Copper 2005
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At night and in misty weather, patrols were sent out in the valley between ourselves and the Fascists.
Homage to Catalonia 1938
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To the northwest a single sharp hill, the "Mont des Cats," stood out against the sky; the rest of the horizon was unbroken, and floating in misty moonlight.
Fighting France 1915
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By this time the towering beast was once more upon its feet, and Peter was puzzling his head for an order he had forgotten; but just as some misty notion of the Malay words was hovering in his brain the great trunk encircled his waist, he was lifted from the ground, and the next minute he was gliding safely into the mahout's place, his widely outstretched legs settling themselves behind the monster's ears.
Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris George Manville Fenn 1870
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The celery aroma, which naturally turned out to be Galbanum, soon subsided into a gently green herbal quality, and the sugar turned into Orange Blossom and Lemon, leaving what I would describe as a misty fragrance with a touch of melancholy, like an early morning walk before the dew evaporates.
Archive 2009-03-01 Marina Geigert 2009
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The celery aroma, which naturally turned out to be Galbanum, soon subsided into a gently green herbal quality, and the sugar turned into Orange Blossom and Lemon, leaving what I would describe as a misty fragrance with a touch of melancholy, like an early morning walk before the dew evaporates.
DSH Perfumes Part Five: Palace of The Sun King (And a Prize Draw) Marina Geigert 2009
gangerh commented on the word misty
My sister's name.
'Misty' - various artists. (Play it again, Sam')?
'Misty Blue' - Dorothy Moore.
February 9, 2008
nuxiy commented on the word misty
misty mountain
Beautiful example :)
March 19, 2009