dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/fog_MWT.json
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{
"fog":{
"a state of mental confusion":{
"examples":[
"didn't get enough sleep and now I'm in a fog"
],
"synonyms":[
"daze",
"dazedness",
"haze",
"muddle",
"spin",
"swoon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reverie",
"stupor",
"trance",
"befuddlement",
"bewilderment",
"perplexity",
"puzzlement",
"delirium",
"malaise",
"paralysis",
"cloudiness",
"fogginess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alertness",
"levelheadedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"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":[
"brume",
"gauze",
"haze",
"mist",
"murk",
"reek",
"smog",
"soup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bank",
"cloud",
"fume",
"miasma",
"smoke",
"smother",
"steam"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"I wandered around in a fog after the shocking news"
],
"synonyms":[
"bafflement",
"bamboozlement",
"befuddlement",
"bemusement",
"bewilderedness",
"bewilderment",
"confusedness",
"confusion",
"discombobulation",
"distraction",
"head-scratching",
"maze",
"muddle",
"mystification",
"perplexity",
"puzzlement",
"tangle",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashment",
"discomfiture",
"disconcertment",
"embarrassment",
"mortification",
"agitation",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"perturbation",
"upset",
"bother",
"commotion",
"dither",
"flurry",
"fluster",
"fuss",
"stew",
"turmoil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurance",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) unclear to the understanding":{
"examples":[
"extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"becloud",
"befog",
"blur",
"cloud",
"confuse",
"muddy",
"obfuscate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complicate",
"perplex",
"sophisticate",
"entangle",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplify",
"streamline",
"disentangle",
"straighten (out)",
"undo",
"unravel",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"decipher",
"decode",
"analyze",
"break down"
],
"antonyms":[
"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"illuminate"
]
},
"to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{
"examples":[
"time will fog memories"
],
"synonyms":[
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"blacken",
"blear",
"blur",
"cloud",
"darken",
"dim",
"dislimn",
"fuzz (up)",
"haze",
"mist",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overcloud",
"overshadow",
"shadow",
"shroud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adumbrate",
"blot out",
"conceal",
"eclipse",
"hide",
"obliterate",
"screen",
"shade",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"cover",
"curtain",
"disguise",
"mask",
"veil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expose",
"reveal",
"uncover",
"unveil"
],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"light (up)",
"lighten"
]
},
"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"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
]
},
"fogginess":{
"as in fuzziness , haziness":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"cloudiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"fuzziness",
"haziness",
"indefiniteness",
"indistinctness",
"mistiness",
"shade",
"shadow",
"uncertainty",
"vagueness",
"mystery",
"reconditeness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"incomprehensibleness",
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"darkness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulosity",
"nebulousness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"obscurity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness",
"circuitousness",
"circuity",
"indirectness",
"deepness",
"depth",
"profoundness",
"abstruseness",
"abstrusity",
"complexity",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"obtuseness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness",
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"brightness",
"distinctness",
"self-evidence",
"certainty",
"surety",
"definiteness",
"exactness",
"explicitness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"palpability",
"tangibility",
"tangibleness",
"visibility",
"readability",
"readableness",
"obviousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fogeys":{
"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"
]
},
"fogy":{
"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"
]
}
}