Definition of misty in English:

misty

adjectivemistier, mistiest ˈmɪstiˈmɪsti

1Full of, covered with, or accompanied by mist.
笼罩着雾的，雾气覆盖的；有雾的
the evening was cold and misty
傍晚时天气寒冷，雾气迷蒙。
the misty air above the frozen river
结冰河面上的雾霭。
Example sentencesExamples
- She makes sure everyone is ready then starts to ride off, into the misty gray air.
- But they were denied seeing the sun rise at 4.58 as misty skies kept cover on the longest day of the year.
- Aboard the covered harvest wagons, out of the misty air, we wind our way past fields of broccoli, kale and parsley, and stop in the tomato patch.
- As misty rain fell in patches, Clarke was quick to slide forward, back or sideways, and lofted the ball fearlessly.
- The misty air felt cool to the touch, giving off that ‘just out of a steamy shower’ look.
- So, she wiped away the misty fog covering the driver side window.
- And we are over her looking at the blue of the ocean and the misty white cloud cover and the white polar caps.
- She blew a smoke ring and contemplated it as it hovered in the still air like a misty halo before dissipating.
- The sounds of the Sea are nearly gone, and all he can really hear are the strange noises in the misty air around him.
- The sky above them became misty and gray clouds seemed to dawn over them like a wool blanket.
- My breath could be seen in the misty and rainy air.
- She looked back upwards and saw, in the misty smoke above her, that Lance was absent now.
- Maybury took advantage of their weak expectations for this and arranged an air raid on London, one misty, rainy night.
- She looked up at the gray clouds, the fine, misty raindrops dusting her face with dampness.
- The early morning sun rose into the sky, its beauty and gracefulness covered by a misty haze and leftover plumes of gun smoke.
- Outside, the air is hot and misty - the look of an evening touched by summer rain.
- When he thought the coast was clear, he slipped out of the cave into the misty air.
- The air was misty with rain and a few drops had begun to fall.
- It had rained a bit last night and the air was foggy and misty.
- In the mountains rain fell, misty gray, feeding clear streams that ran in the bottoms of canyons.
Synonyms
hazy, foggy, cloudy, smoggy, steamy, murky, smoky
1. 1.1 (of a person's eyes) full of tears so as to blur the vision.
  （人的双眼）泪水模糊的
  it was their last night and Ruth turned her misty eyes to Fernando
  Example sentencesExamples
  For now, dry your misty eyes, and keep them focused on the road ahead.
  Nicola stood on the deck, her misty eyes scanning the horizon.
  She locked her tired, misty eyes with his and immediately looked away.
  Her eyes became misty, her vision blurred and thoughts began clashing her mind, but she wouldn't cry.
  Her grey eyes were misty as tears began to gather within them.
  Reluctantly, he pulled away from her and glanced into her misty eyes.
  And for possibly the first time, surely only the second, misty eyes and kisses were part of the announcement.
  Kareen stopped, gazing at her sister with misty eyes.
  I gazed up at him and noticed his eyes were misty.
  The blood from this young soldier's forehead intersects the salty tears coming from his misty eyes.
  Alexis ended the embrace while swiping at her misty eyes.
  Christmas, my colleagues with young families tell me through misty eyes, is for the kids.
  At that point, he looked up at me with misty eyes.
  I wonder why he frets so much, why his eyes are misty.
  It was beautiful and it had light blue, misty eyes.
  But, at least a couple of them lost control over their emotions and let their distress reflect in their choked voices and misty eyes.
  Her eyes were misty, clouded over from cataracts.
  Peeking open a misty eye, she caught the site of the moon hanging overhead and it gave her more comfort than she could have guessed.
  The visit ended with misty eyes all around and relieved hugs.
  With a sad smile and misty eyes, she shook the visions from her.
2. 1.2 Indistinct or dim in outline.
  朦胧的，模糊不清的
  a misty out-of-focus silhouette
  因聚焦不准而模糊不清的轮廓。
  figurative a few misty memories
  〈喻〉一些模糊的记忆。
  Example sentencesExamples
  His surfaces have a soft, misty quality, and the tooth of the thick linen remains visible.
  Rooms for feminine use look pretty and romantic in lacy textures or soft, out-of-focus florals in misty tones.
  We have this misty, murky indistinct reason for being there.
  And when she stood up to autograph a huge blow-up of herself, a collective sigh went up, fogging the well-polished windows and obscuring the already misty view.
  And like the Holy Roman Empire it becomes a ghost, a sham, a memory, a misty nothing.
  As if I were sinless and everything that had happened in the past few months was just a misty memory, of little importance.
  We emerge from the woods and climb Fawcet Hill to get our first views of Lindisfarne Island, with the misty outlines of its castle and priory an inspiring sight that hastens us to the coast.
  This article is accompanied by a misty photo of the heritage building, pre-fire, in tourist-free solitary splendour.
  In his latest film, he evokes the lost glamour of the Jazz Age, blurring lines until the image seems to recede into misty memories.
  Suddenly there was a promising smudge on the horizon, which quickly resolved itself into a misty outline familiar from many a Turner painting.
  When he looked into her dark eyes he'd felt his throat tighten and several misty memories slowly fade into being.
  Not to jar anyone's misty, watercoloured memories, but not every one of her films was well-regarded, even during her heyday.
  Her visage set against the wide expanse of the stars like the faded misty memory of a dream.
  What happened around her after his death was stuck in her mind like a misty memory, which she could not and did not want to remember.
  Synonyms
  blurry, fuzzy, blurred, dim, indistinct, unclear, vague, obscure, lacking definition, out of focus, nebulous
  vague, unclear, indefinite, obscure, hazy, nebulous
  tenuous, slight, rough, approximate, imprecise
3. 1.3 (of a colour) not bright; soft.
  （颜色）不耀眼的；柔和的
  a misty pink
  柔和的粉红色。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Fabrics and colours are luxuriously decadent: red felt, magenta georgette, misty grey mohair, powdery blue sheepskin and sequinned fleece knits.
  Lying on my back under the stars, I watched them peek through the misty pink city night sky.
  They were green in color, with a bronze ring around the pupil that somehow blended with the deep shade of green that was outlined in a misty gray.
  By then, Gavin had changed the backdrop from a misty purple to a soft shade of creamy pink and had readjusted the lighting to a warm glow.
  Val had been right about one thing: his eyes were of a mysterious colour, a misty blue that intertwined with strands of grey.
  It was like riding into a dream: misty white and pillowy soft.
  Gradually everything fades and then only the white, a misty white is left.
  The sun, in the plains has a misty hue in the morning rather than the clarity we see in the hills.
  The uncle heaved a deep breath and the breath comes out in a light green misty colour.
  He has already been up for a while, watching the sun as its weak rays break through the last misty hues of the night.
  The floor was carpeted, again, in a light shade of azure, which added to the misty tint in the hall.
  Paint colours on unadorned pine furniture are rationed to misty greys, blues, creams and primrose yellow.

Derivatives

mistily

adverb ˈmɪstɪliˈmɪstəli

On the up side, at least it wasn't raining mistily inside as well.
Example sentencesExamples
- Or rather, mistily recognizing it, he quickly denied the fact.
- Random events from the 20th century emerge from a mistily revolving world as the century's years stream past.
- ‘For the first five or six years there was a real entrepreneurial spirit, but mainly it was a lot of fun,’ he recalls, slightly mistily.
- The salesperson led us off through the racks, talking mistily.

mistiness

noun ˈmɪstɪnəsˈmɪstinəs

A fog bank had rolled in, and covered the entire coast in its mistiness.
Example sentencesExamples
- The colours are no longer saturated, indeed they take on a certain mistiness.
- There was a strange mistiness, almost like a very low cloud or fog in the distance.
- Her eyes became more and more focused; the mistiness burned away.
- It was azure in colour and swirled with slight mistiness.

Origin

Old English mistig (see mist).

Rhymes

ballistae, Christie, Corpus Christi, twisty, wristy

Definition of misty in US English:

misty

adjectiveˈmɪstiˈmistē

1Full of, covered with, or accompanied by mist.
笼罩着雾的，雾气覆盖的；有雾的
the evening was cold and misty
傍晚时天气寒冷，雾气迷蒙。
the misty air above the frozen river
结冰河面上的雾霭。
Example sentencesExamples
- So, she wiped away the misty fog covering the driver side window.
- My breath could be seen in the misty and rainy air.
- The air was misty with rain and a few drops had begun to fall.
- Maybury took advantage of their weak expectations for this and arranged an air raid on London, one misty, rainy night.
- In the mountains rain fell, misty gray, feeding clear streams that ran in the bottoms of canyons.
- Outside, the air is hot and misty - the look of an evening touched by summer rain.
- When he thought the coast was clear, he slipped out of the cave into the misty air.
- But they were denied seeing the sun rise at 4.58 as misty skies kept cover on the longest day of the year.
- The sky above them became misty and gray clouds seemed to dawn over them like a wool blanket.
- She makes sure everyone is ready then starts to ride off, into the misty gray air.
- She looked up at the gray clouds, the fine, misty raindrops dusting her face with dampness.
- And we are over her looking at the blue of the ocean and the misty white cloud cover and the white polar caps.
- As misty rain fell in patches, Clarke was quick to slide forward, back or sideways, and lofted the ball fearlessly.
- It had rained a bit last night and the air was foggy and misty.
- Aboard the covered harvest wagons, out of the misty air, we wind our way past fields of broccoli, kale and parsley, and stop in the tomato patch.
- She looked back upwards and saw, in the misty smoke above her, that Lance was absent now.
- The misty air felt cool to the touch, giving off that ‘just out of a steamy shower’ look.
- The early morning sun rose into the sky, its beauty and gracefulness covered by a misty haze and leftover plumes of gun smoke.
- The sounds of the Sea are nearly gone, and all he can really hear are the strange noises in the misty air around him.
- She blew a smoke ring and contemplated it as it hovered in the still air like a misty halo before dissipating.
Synonyms
hazy, foggy, cloudy, smoggy, steamy, murky, smoky
1. 1.1 (of a person's eyes) full of tears so as to blur the vision.
  （人的双眼）泪水模糊的
  Example sentencesExamples
  I gazed up at him and noticed his eyes were misty.
  Her grey eyes were misty as tears began to gather within them.
  Reluctantly, he pulled away from her and glanced into her misty eyes.
  Alexis ended the embrace while swiping at her misty eyes.
  It was beautiful and it had light blue, misty eyes.
  And for possibly the first time, surely only the second, misty eyes and kisses were part of the announcement.
  The visit ended with misty eyes all around and relieved hugs.
  Christmas, my colleagues with young families tell me through misty eyes, is for the kids.
  The blood from this young soldier's forehead intersects the salty tears coming from his misty eyes.
  Nicola stood on the deck, her misty eyes scanning the horizon.
  Kareen stopped, gazing at her sister with misty eyes.
  But, at least a couple of them lost control over their emotions and let their distress reflect in their choked voices and misty eyes.
  Peeking open a misty eye, she caught the site of the moon hanging overhead and it gave her more comfort than she could have guessed.
  With a sad smile and misty eyes, she shook the visions from her.
  Her eyes were misty, clouded over from cataracts.
  At that point, he looked up at me with misty eyes.
  I wonder why he frets so much, why his eyes are misty.
  Her eyes became misty, her vision blurred and thoughts began clashing her mind, but she wouldn't cry.
  She locked her tired, misty eyes with his and immediately looked away.
  For now, dry your misty eyes, and keep them focused on the road ahead.
2. 1.2 Indistinct or dim in outline.
  朦胧的，模糊不清的
  a misty out-of-focus silhouette
  因聚焦不准而模糊不清的轮廓。
  figurative a few misty memories
  〈喻〉一些模糊的记忆。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When he looked into her dark eyes he'd felt his throat tighten and several misty memories slowly fade into being.
  And like the Holy Roman Empire it becomes a ghost, a sham, a memory, a misty nothing.
  We have this misty, murky indistinct reason for being there.
  What happened around her after his death was stuck in her mind like a misty memory, which she could not and did not want to remember.
  This article is accompanied by a misty photo of the heritage building, pre-fire, in tourist-free solitary splendour.
  Not to jar anyone's misty, watercoloured memories, but not every one of her films was well-regarded, even during her heyday.
  Suddenly there was a promising smudge on the horizon, which quickly resolved itself into a misty outline familiar from many a Turner painting.
  In his latest film, he evokes the lost glamour of the Jazz Age, blurring lines until the image seems to recede into misty memories.
  We emerge from the woods and climb Fawcet Hill to get our first views of Lindisfarne Island, with the misty outlines of its castle and priory an inspiring sight that hastens us to the coast.
  And when she stood up to autograph a huge blow-up of herself, a collective sigh went up, fogging the well-polished windows and obscuring the already misty view.
  As if I were sinless and everything that had happened in the past few months was just a misty memory, of little importance.
  Rooms for feminine use look pretty and romantic in lacy textures or soft, out-of-focus florals in misty tones.
  Her visage set against the wide expanse of the stars like the faded misty memory of a dream.
  His surfaces have a soft, misty quality, and the tooth of the thick linen remains visible.
  Synonyms
  blurry, fuzzy, blurred, dim, indistinct, unclear, vague, obscure, lacking definition, out of focus, nebulous
  vague, unclear, indefinite, obscure, hazy, nebulous
3. 1.3 (of a color) not bright; soft.
  （颜色）不耀眼的；柔和的
  a misty pink
  柔和的粉红色。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The uncle heaved a deep breath and the breath comes out in a light green misty colour.
  It was like riding into a dream: misty white and pillowy soft.
  He has already been up for a while, watching the sun as its weak rays break through the last misty hues of the night.
  By then, Gavin had changed the backdrop from a misty purple to a soft shade of creamy pink and had readjusted the lighting to a warm glow.
  Paint colours on unadorned pine furniture are rationed to misty greys, blues, creams and primrose yellow.
  They were green in color, with a bronze ring around the pupil that somehow blended with the deep shade of green that was outlined in a misty gray.
  Val had been right about one thing: his eyes were of a mysterious colour, a misty blue that intertwined with strands of grey.
  The sun, in the plains has a misty hue in the morning rather than the clarity we see in the hills.
  Gradually everything fades and then only the white, a misty white is left.
  Fabrics and colours are luxuriously decadent: red felt, magenta georgette, misty grey mohair, powdery blue sheepskin and sequinned fleece knits.
  The floor was carpeted, again, in a light shade of azure, which added to the misty tint in the hall.
  Lying on my back under the stars, I watched them peek through the misty pink city night sky.

Origin

Old English mistig (see mist).

词汇	misty
释义	Definition of misty in English: misty adjectivemistier, mistiest ˈmɪstiˈmɪsti 1Full of, covered with, or accompanied by mist. 笼罩着雾的，雾气覆盖的；有雾的 the evening was cold and misty 傍晚时天气寒冷，雾气迷蒙。 the misty air above the frozen river 结冰河面上的雾霭。 Example sentencesExamples She makes sure everyone is ready then starts to ride off, into the misty gray air. But they were denied seeing the sun rise at 4.58 as misty skies kept cover on the longest day of the year. Aboard the covered harvest wagons, out of the misty air, we wind our way past fields of broccoli, kale and parsley, and stop in the tomato patch. As misty rain fell in patches, Clarke was quick to slide forward, back or sideways, and lofted the ball fearlessly. The misty air felt cool to the touch, giving off that ‘just out of a steamy shower’ look. So, she wiped away the misty fog covering the driver side window. And we are over her looking at the blue of the ocean and the misty white cloud cover and the white polar caps. She blew a smoke ring and contemplated it as it hovered in the still air like a misty halo before dissipating. The sounds of the Sea are nearly gone, and all he can really hear are the strange noises in the misty air around him. The sky above them became misty and gray clouds seemed to dawn over them like a wool blanket. My breath could be seen in the misty and rainy air. She looked back upwards and saw, in the misty smoke above her, that Lance was absent now. Maybury took advantage of their weak expectations for this and arranged an air raid on London, one misty, rainy night. She looked up at the gray clouds, the fine, misty raindrops dusting her face with dampness. The early morning sun rose into the sky, its beauty and gracefulness covered by a misty haze and leftover plumes of gun smoke. Outside, the air is hot and misty - the look of an evening touched by summer rain. When he thought the coast was clear, he slipped out of the cave into the misty air. The air was misty with rain and a few drops had begun to fall. It had rained a bit last night and the air was foggy and misty. In the mountains rain fell, misty gray, feeding clear streams that ran in the bottoms of canyons. Synonyms hazy, foggy, cloudy, smoggy, steamy, murky, smoky 1.1 (of a person's eyes) full of tears so as to blur the vision. （人的双眼）泪水模糊的 it was their last night and Ruth turned her misty eyes to Fernando Example sentencesExamples For now, dry your misty eyes, and keep them focused on the road ahead. Nicola stood on the deck, her misty eyes scanning the horizon. She locked her tired, misty eyes with his and immediately looked away. Her eyes became misty, her vision blurred and thoughts began clashing her mind, but she wouldn't cry. Her grey eyes were misty as tears began to gather within them. Reluctantly, he pulled away from her and glanced into her misty eyes. And for possibly the first time, surely only the second, misty eyes and kisses were part of the announcement. Kareen stopped, gazing at her sister with misty eyes. I gazed up at him and noticed his eyes were misty. The blood from this young soldier's forehead intersects the salty tears coming from his misty eyes. Alexis ended the embrace while swiping at her misty eyes. Christmas, my colleagues with young families tell me through misty eyes, is for the kids. At that point, he looked up at me with misty eyes. I wonder why he frets so much, why his eyes are misty. It was beautiful and it had light blue, misty eyes. But, at least a couple of them lost control over their emotions and let their distress reflect in their choked voices and misty eyes. Her eyes were misty, clouded over from cataracts. Peeking open a misty eye, she caught the site of the moon hanging overhead and it gave her more comfort than she could have guessed. The visit ended with misty eyes all around and relieved hugs. With a sad smile and misty eyes, she shook the visions from her. 1.2 Indistinct or dim in outline. 朦胧的，模糊不清的 a misty out-of-focus silhouette 因聚焦不准而模糊不清的轮廓。 figurative a few misty memories 〈喻〉一些模糊的记忆。 Example sentencesExamples His surfaces have a soft, misty quality, and the tooth of the thick linen remains visible. Rooms for feminine use look pretty and romantic in lacy textures or soft, out-of-focus florals in misty tones. We have this misty, murky indistinct reason for being there. And when she stood up to autograph a huge blow-up of herself, a collective sigh went up, fogging the well-polished windows and obscuring the already misty view. And like the Holy Roman Empire it becomes a ghost, a sham, a memory, a misty nothing. As if I were sinless and everything that had happened in the past few months was just a misty memory, of little importance. We emerge from the woods and climb Fawcet Hill to get our first views of Lindisfarne Island, with the misty outlines of its castle and priory an inspiring sight that hastens us to the coast. This article is accompanied by a misty photo of the heritage building, pre-fire, in tourist-free solitary splendour. In his latest film, he evokes the lost glamour of the Jazz Age, blurring lines until the image seems to recede into misty memories. Suddenly there was a promising smudge on the horizon, which quickly resolved itself into a misty outline familiar from many a Turner painting. When he looked into her dark eyes he'd felt his throat tighten and several misty memories slowly fade into being. Not to jar anyone's misty, watercoloured memories, but not every one of her films was well-regarded, even during her heyday. Her visage set against the wide expanse of the stars like the faded misty memory of a dream. What happened around her after his death was stuck in her mind like a misty memory, which she could not and did not want to remember. Synonyms blurry, fuzzy, blurred, dim, indistinct, unclear, vague, obscure, lacking definition, out of focus, nebulous vague, unclear, indefinite, obscure, hazy, nebulous tenuous, slight, rough, approximate, imprecise 1.3 (of a colour) not bright; soft. （颜色）不耀眼的；柔和的 a misty pink 柔和的粉红色。 Example sentencesExamples Fabrics and colours are luxuriously decadent: red felt, magenta georgette, misty grey mohair, powdery blue sheepskin and sequinned fleece knits. Lying on my back under the stars, I watched them peek through the misty pink city night sky. They were green in color, with a bronze ring around the pupil that somehow blended with the deep shade of green that was outlined in a misty gray. By then, Gavin had changed the backdrop from a misty purple to a soft shade of creamy pink and had readjusted the lighting to a warm glow. Val had been right about one thing: his eyes were of a mysterious colour, a misty blue that intertwined with strands of grey. It was like riding into a dream: misty white and pillowy soft. Gradually everything fades and then only the white, a misty white is left. The sun, in the plains has a misty hue in the morning rather than the clarity we see in the hills. The uncle heaved a deep breath and the breath comes out in a light green misty colour. He has already been up for a while, watching the sun as its weak rays break through the last misty hues of the night. The floor was carpeted, again, in a light shade of azure, which added to the misty tint in the hall. Paint colours on unadorned pine furniture are rationed to misty greys, blues, creams and primrose yellow. Derivatives mistily adverb ˈmɪstɪliˈmɪstəli On the up side, at least it wasn't raining mistily inside as well. Example sentencesExamples Or rather, mistily recognizing it, he quickly denied the fact. Random events from the 20th century emerge from a mistily revolving world as the century's years stream past. ‘For the first five or six years there was a real entrepreneurial spirit, but mainly it was a lot of fun,’ he recalls, slightly mistily. The salesperson led us off through the racks, talking mistily. mistiness noun ˈmɪstɪnəsˈmɪstinəs A fog bank had rolled in, and covered the entire coast in its mistiness. Example sentencesExamples The colours are no longer saturated, indeed they take on a certain mistiness. There was a strange mistiness, almost like a very low cloud or fog in the distance. Her eyes became more and more focused; the mistiness burned away. It was azure in colour and swirled with slight mistiness. Origin Old English mistig (see mist). Rhymes ballistae, Christie, Corpus Christi, twisty, wristy Definition of misty in US English: misty adjectiveˈmɪstiˈmistē 1Full of, covered with, or accompanied by mist. 笼罩着雾的，雾气覆盖的；有雾的 the evening was cold and misty 傍晚时天气寒冷，雾气迷蒙。 the misty air above the frozen river 结冰河面上的雾霭。 Example sentencesExamples So, she wiped away the misty fog covering the driver side window. My breath could be seen in the misty and rainy air. The air was misty with rain and a few drops had begun to fall. Maybury took advantage of their weak expectations for this and arranged an air raid on London, one misty, rainy night. In the mountains rain fell, misty gray, feeding clear streams that ran in the bottoms of canyons. Outside, the air is hot and misty - the look of an evening touched by summer rain. When he thought the coast was clear, he slipped out of the cave into the misty air. But they were denied seeing the sun rise at 4.58 as misty skies kept cover on the longest day of the year. The sky above them became misty and gray clouds seemed to dawn over them like a wool blanket. She makes sure everyone is ready then starts to ride off, into the misty gray air. She looked up at the gray clouds, the fine, misty raindrops dusting her face with dampness. And we are over her looking at the blue of the ocean and the misty white cloud cover and the white polar caps. As misty rain fell in patches, Clarke was quick to slide forward, back or sideways, and lofted the ball fearlessly. It had rained a bit last night and the air was foggy and misty. Aboard the covered harvest wagons, out of the misty air, we wind our way past fields of broccoli, kale and parsley, and stop in the tomato patch. She looked back upwards and saw, in the misty smoke above her, that Lance was absent now. The misty air felt cool to the touch, giving off that ‘just out of a steamy shower’ look. The early morning sun rose into the sky, its beauty and gracefulness covered by a misty haze and leftover plumes of gun smoke. The sounds of the Sea are nearly gone, and all he can really hear are the strange noises in the misty air around him. She blew a smoke ring and contemplated it as it hovered in the still air like a misty halo before dissipating. Synonyms hazy, foggy, cloudy, smoggy, steamy, murky, smoky 1.1 (of a person's eyes) full of tears so as to blur the vision. （人的双眼）泪水模糊的 Example sentencesExamples I gazed up at him and noticed his eyes were misty. Her grey eyes were misty as tears began to gather within them. Reluctantly, he pulled away from her and glanced into her misty eyes. Alexis ended the embrace while swiping at her misty eyes. It was beautiful and it had light blue, misty eyes. And for possibly the first time, surely only the second, misty eyes and kisses were part of the announcement. The visit ended with misty eyes all around and relieved hugs. Christmas, my colleagues with young families tell me through misty eyes, is for the kids. The blood from this young soldier's forehead intersects the salty tears coming from his misty eyes. Nicola stood on the deck, her misty eyes scanning the horizon. Kareen stopped, gazing at her sister with misty eyes. But, at least a couple of them lost control over their emotions and let their distress reflect in their choked voices and misty eyes. Peeking open a misty eye, she caught the site of the moon hanging overhead and it gave her more comfort than she could have guessed. With a sad smile and misty eyes, she shook the visions from her. Her eyes were misty, clouded over from cataracts. At that point, he looked up at me with misty eyes. I wonder why he frets so much, why his eyes are misty. Her eyes became misty, her vision blurred and thoughts began clashing her mind, but she wouldn't cry. She locked her tired, misty eyes with his and immediately looked away. For now, dry your misty eyes, and keep them focused on the road ahead. 1.2 Indistinct or dim in outline. 朦胧的，模糊不清的 a misty out-of-focus silhouette 因聚焦不准而模糊不清的轮廓。 figurative a few misty memories 〈喻〉一些模糊的记忆。 Example sentencesExamples When he looked into her dark eyes he'd felt his throat tighten and several misty memories slowly fade into being. And like the Holy Roman Empire it becomes a ghost, a sham, a memory, a misty nothing. We have this misty, murky indistinct reason for being there. What happened around her after his death was stuck in her mind like a misty memory, which she could not and did not want to remember. This article is accompanied by a misty photo of the heritage building, pre-fire, in tourist-free solitary splendour. Not to jar anyone's misty, watercoloured memories, but not every one of her films was well-regarded, even during her heyday. Suddenly there was a promising smudge on the horizon, which quickly resolved itself into a misty outline familiar from many a Turner painting. In his latest film, he evokes the lost glamour of the Jazz Age, blurring lines until the image seems to recede into misty memories. We emerge from the woods and climb Fawcet Hill to get our first views of Lindisfarne Island, with the misty outlines of its castle and priory an inspiring sight that hastens us to the coast. And when she stood up to autograph a huge blow-up of herself, a collective sigh went up, fogging the well-polished windows and obscuring the already misty view. As if I were sinless and everything that had happened in the past few months was just a misty memory, of little importance. Rooms for feminine use look pretty and romantic in lacy textures or soft, out-of-focus florals in misty tones. Her visage set against the wide expanse of the stars like the faded misty memory of a dream. His surfaces have a soft, misty quality, and the tooth of the thick linen remains visible. Synonyms blurry, fuzzy, blurred, dim, indistinct, unclear, vague, obscure, lacking definition, out of focus, nebulous vague, unclear, indefinite, obscure, hazy, nebulous 1.3 (of a color) not bright; soft. （颜色）不耀眼的；柔和的 a misty pink 柔和的粉红色。 Example sentencesExamples The uncle heaved a deep breath and the breath comes out in a light green misty colour. It was like riding into a dream: misty white and pillowy soft. He has already been up for a while, watching the sun as its weak rays break through the last misty hues of the night. By then, Gavin had changed the backdrop from a misty purple to a soft shade of creamy pink and had readjusted the lighting to a warm glow. Paint colours on unadorned pine furniture are rationed to misty greys, blues, creams and primrose yellow. They were green in color, with a bronze ring around the pupil that somehow blended with the deep shade of green that was outlined in a misty gray. Val had been right about one thing: his eyes were of a mysterious colour, a misty blue that intertwined with strands of grey. The sun, in the plains has a misty hue in the morning rather than the clarity we see in the hills. Gradually everything fades and then only the white, a misty white is left. Fabrics and colours are luxuriously decadent: red felt, magenta georgette, misty grey mohair, powdery blue sheepskin and sequinned fleece knits. The floor was carpeted, again, in a light shade of azure, which added to the misty tint in the hall. Lying on my back under the stars, I watched them peek through the misty pink city night sky. Origin Old English mistig (see mist).
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