fogged

Describes a state of being confused, unclear, or mentally clouded, often due to fatigue, illness, or intoxication.

• 🇫🇷Qualifie un état de confusion, de trouble ou de conscience embrumée, souvent dû à la fatigue, à la maladie ou à l'ivresse.

1. Covered with fog B1 formal

   Obscured or covered by fog or mist.

   • The windshield was completely fogged after the rain.
   • The mountain peaks were fogged in all morning.
   • The valley looked fogged and mysterious at dawn.

   🇫🇷Couvert de brouillard

   Synonymes: brumouscloudyfoggyhazymistymurkysmoggy

   Antonymes: clearcloudlesssunny

2. Confused or unclear B2 informal

   Unable to think clearly; mentally clouded or confused.

   • After the long flight, his mind felt fogged and sluggish.
   • The medication made her feel fogged and drowsy.
   • His memory was fogged by the years of stress.

   🇫🇷Embrumé (mentalement)

   Synonymes: addledbefuddledbewilderedconfuseddazedfoggygroggymuddled

   Antonymes: alertclearclearheadedlucidsharp

• more fogged comparative form
• most fogged superlative form

A verb used to describe the process of becoming covered or obscured by fog, or causing something to become unclear or confused.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour décrire le processus de recouvrement ou d'embuage, ou le fait de rendre quelque chose flou, obscur ou confus.

1. To obscure or cloud B1 formal

   To cause something to become unclear or difficult to see, often due to condensation or mist.

   • The steam fogged the bathroom mirror.
   • His breath fogged up the car window.
   • The lens fogged over in the cold air.

   🇫🇷embuer, brouiller

   Synonymes: becloudbedimbefogblurclouddimhazemistobfuscateobscure

   Antonymes: clarifyclearilluminate

2. To confuse or obscure mentally B2 informal

   To make someone's thinking unclear or confused.

   • The lack of sleep fogged his mind.
   • Alcohol can fog your judgment.
   • The complex instructions fogged her understanding of the task.

   🇫🇷embrouiller (l'esprit)

   Synonymes: bafflebecloudbefogbewilderblurcloudconfusemuddleobscureperplex

   Antonymes: clarifyelucidateenlightenilluminate

• fogged past participle
• fogged past simple
• fogging present participle
• fogs third person singular

Variantes phrasal: fog up