misty
pronunciation
How to pronounce misty in British English:
UK [ˈmɪsti]
How to pronounce misty in American English:
US [ˈmɪsti]
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- Adjective:
- filled or abounding with fog or mist
- wet with mist
Word Origin
- misty (adj.)
- Old English mistig; see mist (n.) + -y (2). Related: Mistily; mistiness.
Example
- 1. Try to capture a glowing misty morning , making for stunning and ethereal fall scenes .
- 2. All the lamps were soft and misty and made a very tiny circle of light .
- 3. His painting bilbo comes to the huts of the raft elves is a misty golden landscape you just want to walk into .
- 4. Suddenly the lights came on up the whole length of fifth avenue , chains of misty brilliance in the blue air .
- 5. In " what I think and feel at 25 , " fitzgerald finds himself lectured to by an older gentleman who tells him " all the things he liked to think he thought in the misty past . "