mistiness

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/ˈmɪstinəs/

noun

The quality of being misty.

Similar
hazinesssteaminessvaporousnessvapourousness
OriginMiddle English mystynesse →
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Meanings

nounmistiness (countable and uncountable, plural mistinesses)

plural mistinesses

  1. countableuncountableThe quality of being misty.

    Her eyes feel dull, misty, as if floating in tears. Mistiness of sight. Sensation as if a veil were before the eyes, with blinking of the eyelids.

    1848, Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, translated by Charles Julius Hempel, Jahr’s New Manual, […] , volume 2, New York: William Radde, page 193

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor

Similar
hazinesssteaminessvaporousnessvapourousness
Broader
cloudinessmurkinessmuddiness
Also see
hazinesssteaminessvaporousness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmystynesse
  2. Englishmistiness

Inherited from Middle English mystynesse; equivalent to misty + -ness.

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Translations

Afrikaans mistigheid
  • mistigheidThe quality of being misty
Dutch mistigheid
  • mistigheidThe quality of being misty
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APA

mistiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistiness

MLA

“mistiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistiness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mistiness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistiness.

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