Antonyms for befog
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bih-fog, -fawg |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈfɒg, -ˈfɔg |
- aid
- appease
- assist
- be honest
- bore
- brighten
- burn off
- calm
- clarify
- clean
- cleanse
- clear
- clear up
- comfort
- divide
- elucidate
- enlighten
- expect
- explain
- explicate
- facilitate
- help
- illuminate
- illustrate
- lay out
- lighten
- loose
- lose
- make clear
- not care
- open
- purify
- relate
- reveal
- separate
- show
- soothe
- uncloud
- uncover
- unfog
- unmask
- unmix
- unravel
- unsmudge
- unveil
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
- 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
- abash
- addle
- adumbrate
- amaze
- astonish
- astound
- baffle
- bamboozle
- beard
- beat
- becloud
- bedim
- befog
- befuddle
- belie
- bemuse
- benumb
- bewilder
- blear
- blend
- blind
- block
- block out
- blur
- buffalo
- bug
- camouflage
- cloak
- cloud
- cloud the issue
- commingle
- complicate
- con
- conceal
- confound
- confuse
- confute
- cover
- cover up
- darken
- daze
- dazzle
- deceive
- dim
- discombobulate
- discomfit
- disconcert
- discountenance
- disguise
- disorder
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- distract
- disturb
- dizzy
- double-talk
- dress up
- drizzle
- dull
- dumbfound
- eclipse
- elude
- embarrass
- envelop
- equivocate
- escape
- fade
- falsify
- faze
- fiddle
- film
- flabbergast
- floor
- flummox
- fog
- fog in
- foil
- frustrate
- fuddle
- fuzz
- get to
- glare
- gloom
- gray
- haze
- hide
- hoodwink
- jumble
- lick
- lie
- lower
- make hazy
- make indistinct
- make vague
- mask
- metagrobolize
- misidentify
- misrepresent
- mist
- mix
- mix up
- mizzle
- muddle
- muddy
- muddy the waters
- murk
- mystify
- nonplus
- numb
- obfuscate
- obscure
- overcast
- overcloud
- overpower
- overshadow
- overwhelm
- pale
- paralyze
- perplex
- petrify
- pettifog
- pose
- profundicate
- psych out
- put off
- puzzle
- rain
- rattle
- rock
- screen
- screw up
- shade
- shadow
- shower
- shroud
- snow
- soften
- sprinkle
- stagger
- startle
- steam
- stir
- stonewall
- stumble
- stump
- stun
- stupefy
- surprise
- tarnish
- throw
- throw on makeup
- throw up smoke screen
- trick
- turn down
- veil
- wrap
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