mist

Speech parts

1. mist - Noun

2. mist - Verb

3. Mist - Proper noun

Meaning

Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog.

Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist.

Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.

To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim.

To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cloud obscure fog befog becloud obnubilate mist over nimbus nebula dew gray arian cirrus water film
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Antonyms

process pelt filter rainfall treat storm
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Hypernyms

cover hide fog conceal spray spread over

Hyponyms

overshadow

Phrases with the word

gill-go-to-bed-at-noon-maids-in-the-mist fine mist mist concentrate sprayer morgause of the mist dark mist angel mist

Derivatives

misted misting

Anagrams

smit ITSM stim TIMS tism

Examples

A feeling of sadness and longing That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

When I reached C Company lines, which were at the top of the hill, I paused and looked back at the camp, just coming into full view below me through the grey mist of early morning. Evelyn Waugh

Alas, how easily things go wrong! A sigh too much, a kiss too long And there follows a mist and a weeping rain And life is never the same again. George MacDonald

Fowls will not spare a cockroach that falls in their mist. Nigerian Proverb

Plenty is like the mist. Tswana Proverb

The mist and the sun are together. Xhosa Proverb

Close letter words and terms

missyllabication missynchronization missynchronize mist belt mist concentrate sprayer mist fog