dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/fog_MWT.json

{
  "fog":{
    "a state of mental confusion":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "didn't get enough sleep and now I'm in a fog"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "alertness",
        "levelheadedness"
      ],
      "related":[
        "reverie",
        "stupor",
        "trance",
        "befuddlement",
        "bewilderment",
        "perplexity",
        "puzzlement",
        "delirium",
        "malaise",
        "paralysis",
        "cloudiness",
        "fogginess"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "daze",
        "dazedness",
        "haze",
        "muddle",
        "spin",
        "swoon"
      ]
    },
    "a state of mental uncertainty":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "I wandered around in a fog after the shocking news"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "assurance",
        "certainty",
        "certitude",
        "confidence",
        "conviction",
        "positiveness",
        "sureness"
      ],
      "related":[
        "abashment",
        "discomfiture",
        "disconcertment",
        "embarrassment",
        "mortification",
        "agitation",
        "chagrin",
        "discomfort",
        "dismay",
        "disquiet",
        "distress",
        "disturbance",
        "perturbation",
        "upset",
        "bother",
        "commotion",
        "dither",
        "flurry",
        "fluster",
        "fuss",
        "stew",
        "turmoil"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bafflement",
        "bamboozlement",
        "befuddlement",
        "bemusement",
        "bewilderedness",
        "bewilderment",
        "confusedness",
        "confusion",
        "discombobulation",
        "distraction",
        "head-scratching",
        "maze",
        "muddle",
        "mystification",
        "perplexity",
        "puzzlement",
        "tangle",
        "whirl"
      ]
    },
    "an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "the fog lifted once the sun was out"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "bank",
        "cloud",
        "fume",
        "miasma",
        "smoke",
        "smother",
        "steam"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "brume",
        "gauze",
        "haze",
        "mist",
        "murk",
        "reek",
        "smog",
        "soup"
      ]
    },
    "to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
      "antonyms":[
        "clarify",
        "clear (up)",
        "illuminate"
      ],
      "examples":[
        "extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "simplify",
        "streamline",
        "disentangle",
        "straighten (out)",
        "undo",
        "unravel",
        "unscramble",
        "untangle",
        "decipher",
        "decode",
        "analyze",
        "break down"
      ],
      "related":[
        "complicate",
        "perplex",
        "sophisticate",
        "entangle",
        "snarl",
        "tangle",
        "disarrange",
        "disarray",
        "discompose",
        "dishevel",
        "disorder",
        "disrupt",
        "disturb",
        "jumble",
        "mess (up)",
        "mix (up)",
        "muddle",
        "scramble",
        "shuffle",
        "tousle",
        "upset"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "becloud",
        "befog",
        "blur",
        "cloud",
        "confuse",
        "muddy",
        "obfuscate"
      ]
    },
    "to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
      "antonyms":[
        "brighten",
        "illuminate",
        "illumine",
        "light (up)",
        "lighten"
      ],
      "examples":[
        "time will fog memories"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "expose",
        "reveal",
        "uncover",
        "unveil"
      ],
      "related":[
        "adumbrate",
        "blot out",
        "conceal",
        "eclipse",
        "hide",
        "obliterate",
        "screen",
        "shade",
        "camouflage",
        "cloak",
        "cover",
        "curtain",
        "disguise",
        "mask",
        "veil"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "becloud",
        "bedim",
        "befog",
        "blacken",
        "blear",
        "blur",
        "cloud",
        "darken",
        "dim",
        "dislimn",
        "fuzz (up)",
        "haze",
        "mist",
        "obscure",
        "overcast",
        "overcloud",
        "overshadow",
        "shadow",
        "shroud"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "fogged":{
    "suffering from mental confusion":{
      "examples":[
        "a discussion that did little more than leave the participants hopelessly fogged"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "addle",
        "addled",
        "addlepated",
        "bedeviled",
        "befogged",
        "befuddled",
        "bemused",
        "bewildered",
        "bushed",
        "confounded",
        "confused",
        "dazed",
        "distracted",
        "dizzy",
        "dopey",
        "dopy",
        "mixed-up",
        "muddleheaded",
        "muzzy",
        "pixilated",
        "pixillated",
        "punch-drunk",
        "punchy",
        "raddled",
        "shell-shocked",
        "silly",
        "slaphappy",
        "spaced-out",
        "spaced",
        "spacey",
        "spacy",
        "stunned",
        "stupefied",
        "zonked",
        "zonked-out"
      ],
      "related":[
        "senseless",
        "unconscious"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "alert",
        "conscious"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "clearheaded"
      ]
    },
    "to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
      "examples":[
        "extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beclouded",
        "befogged",
        "blurred",
        "clouded",
        "confused",
        "muddied",
        "obfuscated"
      ],
      "related":[
        "complicated",
        "perplexed",
        "sophisticated",
        "entangled",
        "snarled",
        "tangled",
        "disarranged",
        "disarrayed",
        "discomposed",
        "disheveled",
        "dishevelled",
        "disordered",
        "disrupted",
        "disturbed",
        "jumbled",
        "messed (up)",
        "mixed (up)",
        "muddled",
        "scrambled",
        "shuffled",
        "tousled",
        "upset"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "simplified",
        "streamlined",
        "disentangled",
        "straightened (out)",
        "undid",
        "unraveled",
        "unscrambled",
        "untangled",
        "deciphered",
        "decoded",
        "analyzed",
        "broke down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "clarified",
        "cleared (up)",
        "illuminated"
      ]
    },
    "to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
      "examples":[
        "time will fog memories"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beclouded",
        "bedimmed",
        "befogged",
        "blackened",
        "bleared",
        "blurred",
        "clouded",
        "darkened",
        "dimmed",
        "dislimned",
        "fuzzed (up)",
        "hazed",
        "misted",
        "obscured",
        "overcast",
        "overclouded",
        "overshadowed",
        "shadowed",
        "shrouded"
      ],
      "related":[
        "adumbrated",
        "blotted out",
        "concealed",
        "eclipsed",
        "hid",
        "obliterated",
        "screened",
        "shaded",
        "camouflaged",
        "cloaked",
        "covered",
        "curtained",
        "disguised",
        "masked",
        "veiled"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "exposed",
        "revealed",
        "uncovered",
        "unveiled"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "brightened",
        "illuminated",
        "illumined",
        "lightened",
        "lit (up)",
        "lighted (up)"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "fogeyish":{
    "as in stodgy , fuddy-duddy":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dowdy",
        "fuddy-duddy",
        "ossified",
        "set",
        "stodgy",
        "blimpish",
        "neoconservative",
        "Tory",
        "ultraright",
        "ultrarightist",
        "right",
        "right-wing",
        "devoted",
        "faithful",
        "loyal",
        "staunch",
        "stanch",
        "steadfast",
        "steady",
        "true",
        "true-blue",
        "antiliberal",
        "antimodern",
        "antiprogressive",
        "antireform",
        "antirevolutionary",
        "conventional",
        "square",
        "archconservative",
        "brassbound",
        "button-down",
        "buttoned-down",
        "conservative",
        "die-hard",
        "hidebound",
        "mossbacked",
        "old-fashioned",
        "old-line",
        "old-school",
        "orthodox",
        "paleoconservative",
        "reactionary",
        "standpat",
        "traditional",
        "traditionalistic",
        "ultraconservative",
        "unprogressive"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "broad-minded",
        "large-minded",
        "liberal",
        "nonconservative",
        "nonconventional",
        "nonorthodox",
        "nontraditional",
        "open-minded",
        "progressive",
        "unconventional",
        "unorthodox",
        "anticonventional",
        "antiestablishment",
        "antitraditional",
        "extremist",
        "radical",
        "revolutionary",
        "nonconformist",
        "advanced",
        "contemporary",
        "modern",
        "lefty",
        "radical",
        "ultraleft",
        "ultraleftist",
        "ultraprogressive",
        "ultraradical"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "fogging":{
    "to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
      "examples":[
        "extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beclouding",
        "befogging",
        "blurring",
        "clouding",
        "confusing",
        "muddying",
        "obfuscating"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "complicating",
        "perplexing",
        "sophisticating",
        "entangling",
        "snarling",
        "tangling",
        "disarranging",
        "disarraying",
        "discomposing",
        "disheveling",
        "dishevelling",
        "disordering",
        "disrupting",
        "disturbing",
        "jumbling",
        "messing (up)",
        "mixing (up)",
        "muddling",
        "scrambling",
        "shuffling",
        "tousling",
        "upsetting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "simplifying",
        "streamlining",
        "disentangling",
        "straightening (out)",
        "undoing",
        "unraveling",
        "unscrambling",
        "untangling",
        "deciphering",
        "decoding",
        "analyzing",
        "breaking down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "clarifying",
        "clearing (up)",
        "illuminating"
      ]
    },
    "to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
      "examples":[
        "time will fog memories"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beclouding",
        "bedimming",
        "befogging",
        "blackening",
        "blearing",
        "blurring",
        "clouding",
        "darkening",
        "dimming",
        "dislimning",
        "fuzzing (up)",
        "hazing",
        "misting",
        "obscuring",
        "overcasting",
        "overclouding",
        "overshadowing",
        "shadowing",
        "shrouding"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "adumbrating",
        "blotting out",
        "concealing",
        "eclipsing",
        "hiding",
        "obliterating",
        "screening",
        "shading",
        "camouflaging",
        "cloaking",
        "covering",
        "curtaining",
        "disguising",
        "masking",
        "veiling"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "exposing",
        "revealing",
        "uncovering",
        "unveiling"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "brightening",
        "illuminating",
        "illumining",
        "lightening",
        "lighting (up)"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "fogies":{
    "a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
      "examples":[
        "old fogies who said that rap music would never last"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "antediluvians",
        "dodoes",
        "dodos",
        "fossils",
        "fuddy-duddies",
        "fuds",
        "mossbacks",
        "reactionaries",
        "stick-in-the-muds",
        "stuffed shirts"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conservatives",
        "rightists",
        "Tories",
        "mandarins",
        "old hands",
        "old-timers",
        "veterans",
        "old maids"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "liberals",
        "progressives",
        "radicals"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "hipsters",
        "moderns",
        "trendies"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "fogey":{
    "a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
      "examples":[
        "old fogies who said that rap music would never last"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "antediluvian",
        "Colonel Blimp",
        "dodo",
        "fossil",
        "fud",
        "fuddy-duddy",
        "mossback",
        "reactionary",
        "stick-in-the-mud",
        "stuffed shirt"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conservative",
        "rightist",
        "Tory",
        "mandarin",
        "old hand",
        "old-timer",
        "veteran",
        "old maid"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "liberal",
        "progressive",
        "radical"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "hipster",
        "modern",
        "trendy"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "foggy":{
    "filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension":{
      "examples":[
        "it's pretty foggy outside, so be careful driving home"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beclouded",
        "befogged",
        "brumous",
        "clouded",
        "cloudy",
        "gauzy",
        "hazy",
        "misty",
        "murky",
        "smoggy",
        "soupy"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "overcast",
        "rainy",
        "stormy",
        "thick",
        "dirty",
        "miry",
        "mucky",
        "muddy",
        "slimy",
        "slushy",
        "turbid",
        "miasmal",
        "miasmatic",
        "miasmic",
        "smoky",
        "smokey",
        "smudgy",
        "sooty",
        "filmy",
        "milky",
        "opaque"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "bright",
        "clean",
        "clement",
        "fair",
        "sunny",
        "sunshiny",
        "translucent",
        "transparent"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "clear",
        "cloudless",
        "limpid",
        "pellucid",
        "unclouded"
      ]
    },
    "not seen or understood clearly":{
      "examples":[
        "could only see a foggy outline of the intruder in the dark"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "blear",
        "bleary",
        "blurry",
        "dim",
        "faint",
        "fuzzy",
        "gauzy",
        "hazy",
        "indefinite",
        "indistinct",
        "indistinguishable",
        "misty",
        "murky",
        "nebulous",
        "obscure",
        "opaque",
        "pale",
        "shadowy",
        "unclear",
        "undefined",
        "undetermined",
        "vague"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dark",
        "dusky",
        "gloomy",
        "impalpable",
        "inappreciable",
        "intangible",
        "invisible",
        "hieroglyphic",
        "hieroglyphical",
        "incomprehensible",
        "indecipherable",
        "indiscernible",
        "inexplicable",
        "mysterious",
        "obfuscatory",
        "puzzling"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "bright",
        "distinct",
        "evident",
        "obvious",
        "plain",
        "certain",
        "firm",
        "strong",
        "sure"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "clear",
        "definite",
        "pellucid"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "fogs":{
    "an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency":{
      "examples":[
        "the fog lifted once the sun was out"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "brumes",
        "gauzes",
        "hazes",
        "mists",
        "murks",
        "reeks",
        "smogs",
        "soups"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "banks",
        "clouds",
        "fumes",
        "miasmas",
        "miasmata",
        "smokes",
        "smothers",
        "steams"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a state of mental uncertainty":{
      "examples":[
        "I wandered around in a fog after the shocking news"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bafflements",
        "bamboozlements",
        "befuddlements",
        "bemusements",
        "bewilderments",
        "confusions",
        "discombobulations",
        "distractions",
        "head-scratchings",
        "mazes",
        "muddles",
        "mystifications",
        "perplexities",
        "puzzlements",
        "tangles",
        "whirls"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abashments",
        "discomfitures",
        "disconcertments",
        "embarrassments",
        "mortifications",
        "agitations",
        "chagrins",
        "discomforts",
        "dismays",
        "disquiets",
        "distresses",
        "disturbances",
        "perturbations",
        "upsets",
        "bothers",
        "commotions",
        "dithers",
        "flurries",
        "flusters",
        "fusses",
        "stews",
        "turmoils"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "assurances",
        "certainties",
        "certitudes",
        "confidences",
        "convictions"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
      "examples":[
        "extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beclouds",
        "befogs",
        "blurs",
        "clouds",
        "confuses",
        "muddies",
        "obfuscates"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "complicates",
        "perplexes",
        "sophisticates",
        "entangles",
        "snarls",
        "tangles",
        "disarranges",
        "disarrays",
        "discomposes",
        "dishevels",
        "disorders",
        "disrupts",
        "disturbs",
        "jumbles",
        "messes (up)",
        "mixes (up)",
        "muddles",
        "scrambles",
        "shuffles",
        "tousles",
        "upsets"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "simplifies",
        "streamlines",
        "disentangles",
        "straightens (out)",
        "undoes",
        "unravels",
        "unscrambles",
        "untangles",
        "deciphers",
        "decodes",
        "analyzes",
        "breaks down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "clarifies",
        "clears (up)",
        "illuminates"
      ]
    },
    "to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
      "examples":[
        "time will fog memories"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beclouds",
        "bedims",
        "befogs",
        "blackens",
        "blears",
        "blurs",
        "clouds",
        "darkens",
        "dims",
        "dislimns",
        "fuzzes (up)",
        "hazes",
        "mists",
        "obscures",
        "overcasts",
        "overclouds",
        "overshadows",
        "shadows",
        "shrouds"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "adumbrates",
        "blots out",
        "conceals",
        "eclipses",
        "hides",
        "obliterates",
        "screens",
        "shades",
        "camouflages",
        "cloaks",
        "covers",
        "curtains",
        "disguises",
        "masks",
        "veils"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "exposes",
        "reveals",
        "uncovers",
        "unveils"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "brightens",
        "illuminates",
        "illumines",
        "lightens",
        "lights (up)"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "fogeyism":{
    "as in conventionality , conventionalism":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conventionalism",
        "conventionality",
        "bigotry",
        "illiberalism",
        "neoconservatism",
        "Toryism",
        "conservatism",
        "conservativeness",
        "die-hardism",
        "reactionaryism",
        "traditionalism",
        "ultraconservatism"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "broad-mindedness",
        "liberalism",
        "liberalness",
        "open-mindedness",
        "progressivism",
        "neoliberalism",
        "extremism",
        "radicalism",
        "nonconformism",
        "nonconformity",
        "unconventionalism",
        "unorthodoxy"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "fogyism":{
    "as in conventionality , conventionalism":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conventionalism",
        "conventionality",
        "bigotry",
        "illiberalism",
        "neoconservatism",
        "Toryism",
        "conservatism",
        "conservativeness",
        "die-hardism",
        "reactionaryism",
        "traditionalism",
        "ultraconservatism"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "broad-mindedness",
        "liberalism",
        "liberalness",
        "open-mindedness",
        "progressivism",
        "neoliberalism",
        "extremism",
        "radicalism",
        "nonconformism",
        "nonconformity",
        "unconventionalism",
        "unorthodoxy"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "fogyish":{
    "as in stodgy , fuddy-duddy":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dowdy",
        "fuddy-duddy",
        "ossified",
        "set",
        "stodgy",
        "blimpish",
        "neoconservative",
        "Tory",
        "ultraright",
        "ultrarightist",
        "right",
        "right-wing",
        "devoted",
        "faithful",
        "loyal",
        "staunch",
        "stanch",
        "steadfast",
        "steady",
        "true",
        "true-blue",
        "antiliberal",
        "antimodern",
        "antiprogressive",
        "antireform",
        "antirevolutionary",
        "conventional",
        "square",
        "archconservative",
        "brassbound",
        "button-down",
        "buttoned-down",
        "conservative",
        "die-hard",
        "hidebound",
        "mossbacked",
        "old-fashioned",
        "old-line",
        "old-school",
        "orthodox",
        "paleoconservative",
        "reactionary",
        "standpat",
        "traditional",
        "traditionalistic",
        "ultraconservative",
        "unprogressive"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "broad-minded",
        "large-minded",
        "liberal",
        "nonconservative",
        "nonconventional",
        "nonorthodox",
        "nontraditional",
        "open-minded",
        "progressive",
        "unconventional",
        "unorthodox",
        "anticonventional",
        "antiestablishment",
        "antitraditional",
        "extremist",
        "radical",
        "revolutionary",
        "nonconformist",
        "advanced",
        "contemporary",
        "modern",
        "lefty",
        "radical",
        "ultraleft",
        "ultraleftist",
        "ultraprogressive",
        "ultraradical"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  }
}