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noun

ˈmist How to pronounce mist (audio)
Definition of mistnext
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as in rainfall
a light or fine rain a mist was falling on the streets as we drove home

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as in fog
an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency a heavy mist obscured our view of the city from the observatory

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verb

as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct the damp air misted the window pane

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Recent Examples of mist
Noun
The start was delayed 3 hours, 50 minutes by rain, and most of the game was played in a swirling mist. — CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 The start was delayed 3 hours, 50 minutes by rain and most of the game was played in a swirling mist. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
Their firm, greyish leaves need misting every two to three days. — Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2026 Throughout the grounds, shaded seating areas, misting stations, and more than 40,000 plants and 1,200 trees offer reprieve from the August heat. — Hanlon Walsh, Midwest Living, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mist
  1. rainfall
  2. fog
  3. obscure
  4. sprinkle
  5. haze
  6. blur
  7. drizzle
  8. cloud
Noun
  • The rainfall showers are glass, lending the feel of an outdoor shower.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • More than 35 million Californians are under heat alerts on Tuesday as a tropical disturbance is expected to continue to bring rainfall to central Florida.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
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  • The most widespread fog with the lowest visibilities will be located across Scotland, Hoke, Cumberland, Sampson, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The fog rises from Mount Tamalpais like a spirit, slowly billowing over spears of feathery redwoods and fluffs of fragrant bay laurels.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of fog
Verb
  • Aggregate data can obscure radically different labor market realities, and monetary policy calibrated only to the aggregate can miss the productive capacity sitting beneath it.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Racing on Crait kicks up those vibrant red dust clouds, which obscure the view of other racers and can even slow them down.
    — Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of obscure
Noun
  • Prepared daily with whole milk, Greek yogurt and kaffir, Nudes’ product opts for toppings like pistachio and baklava crisp over sugary candy or sprinkles, Solonin said.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • There was one of Melissa Gorga’s sprinkle cookies ground into the carpet, and there was Kelsey Swanson, passed out under the piano and drooling on the parquet.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of sprinkle
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  • Finding out what creates the lower haze on Venus unexpectedly solved another mystery.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Malaysia’s haze crisis is being driven largely by forest and peat fires in neighboring Indonesia, made worse by the dry weather.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of haze
Verb
  • But even with 22 tracks to work with, the sound too often defaults to a similar muted backdrop, which blurs some of the less distinct songs together.
    — Molly Mary O’Brien, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The move into podcasting marks another expansion for MasterClass, which has increasingly blurred the lines between online education and entertainment.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of blur
Noun
  • South Florida enters its spin dry cycle Friday and the weekend after record rainfall fell on Key West Thursday and Miami-Dade and Broward endured a day’s worth of steady rain and drizzle.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
  • While there still could be a few passing sprinkles or pockets of drizzle, more hours of Monday will be dry than wet.
    — Steven Sosna, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of drizzle
Noun
  • While Sony is expected to eventually announce a PlayStation handheld that natively plays PS5 games on next-gen AMD graphics, its PlayStation Portal streams games instead, either from your home PlayStation or from Sony’s cloud.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Its clouds of gas and dust form a physical shape resembling an unopened, blooming rosebud, glowing rosy-pink from dust heated by these stars.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
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“Mist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mist. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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