mist ‧ y /ˈmɪsti/ BrE AmE adjective
1 . misty weather is weather with a lot of mist:
a cold, misty morning
2 . literary if your eyes are misty, they are full of tears, especially because you are remembering a time in the past:
He paused, his eyes growing misty.
Whenever Maria sees a picture of her mother, she gets misty-eyed.
3 . not clear or bright SYN vague :
Without my glasses everything is just a misty blur.
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THESAURUS
▪ cloudy with a lot of clouds:
The weather was cold and cloudy.
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cloudy skies
▪ grey ( also gray American English ) grey in colour, because there are dark clouds – used especially in written descriptions:
Mary looked out at the cold grey sky.
▪ overcast dark and completely covered with clouds:
a chilly overcast day
▪ leaden literary a leaden sky is grey and full of dark clouds:
Snow fell from a leaden sky.
▪ gloomy dark and cloudy, in a depressing way:
The gloomy weather shows no sign of improving.
▪ foggy with thick low cloud that is difficult to see through. You use foggy especially about low-lying places:
a foggy day in London in November
▪ misty with light low cloud that is difficult to see through. You use misty especially about places that are next to water or in the mountains:
a cold misty morning
▪ hazy with air that looks cloudy, because there is smoke, dust, or mist in it:
hazy sunshine