Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word



Antonyms for befog


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bih-fog, -fawg
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈfɒg, -ˈfɔg



Definition of befog

  • As in mist : verb cloud, steam up
  • As in mystify : verb bewilder, confuse
  • As in obscure : verb conceal, hide
  • As in puzzle : verb baffle, confuse
  • As in blur : verb cloud, fog
  • As in camouflage : verb disguise, cover
  • As in cloud : verb become foggy or obscured
  • As in confound : verb confuse
  • As in daze : verb confuse, shock
  • As in dim : verb darken; obscure
Example sentences :
  • All these mysteries that befog us are not mysteries really; they are the mother-tongue of nature.
  • Extract from : « Soliloquies in England » by George Santayana
  • Something seemed to bear down on his brain and befog his sight.
  • Extract from : « The Cottage of Delight » by Will N. Harben
  • The object of writing a book is not to befog the reader's mind.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Pen » by Flora Klickmann
  • They who undertake to reason the thing out learnedly, befog it.
  • Extract from : « King of Camargue » by Jean Aicard
  • And we should not befog the issue by saying that this is degrading.
  • Extract from : « Industrial Progress and Human Economics » by James Hartness
  • Rather than adapt their lives to their consciousness, they try by every means to befog and to silence it.
  • Extract from : « The Kingdom of God is Within You, What is Art » by Lyof N. Tolstoi
  • In such wise, Douglas labored to befog and discredit the issues for which the new party stood.
  • Extract from : « Stephen A. Douglas » by Allen Johnson
  • I think I have read somewhere that the function of present-day criticism is to befog the mind and blur the object criticised.
  • Extract from : « The Vision Spendid » by William MacLeod Raine
  • It could be done only by one whom all the world had conspired to befog and befool about his importance in the scheme of things.
  • Extract from : « The Convert » by Elizabeth Robins
  • Their position is strongest when they maintain that these topics have a tendency to befog the intellect.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Dreams and Ghosts » by Andrew Lang

Synonyms for befog

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019