misty

Adjective Satellite

filled or abounding with fog or mist
wet with mist
- "the misty evening"

Adj

Covered in mist; foggy.
Dim; vague; obscure.
With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed.

Adjective

Covered with or characterized by mist; hazy or blurry.

Examples

a misty memory of his childhood
After several hours, the Scrabble board looked MISTY to her tired eyes.
Her eyes grew misty the night her long-time friend passed away.
It's very misty this morning; I can't see a thing!

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English misty, mysty, misti, from Old English mistiġ (“misty, dark”), from Proto-West Germanic *mistig (“misty”), equivalent to mist + -y. Cognate with Scots misty, mistie (“misty”), West Frisian mistich (“misty, foggy”), Dutch mistig (“misty, foggy”), German Low German mistig (“foggy”).

Synonyms

brumous, foggy, hazy

Scrabble Score: 10

misty: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
misty: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
misty: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

misty: valid Words With Friends Word