Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective confused and vague; used especially of thinking.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
befog . - adjective
obscured withfog ,murky
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective stupefied by alcoholic drink
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Examples
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"Recent financial market turmoil and the never-ending euro-zone sovereign-debt crisis have befogged the outlook for the German economy," said Carsten Brzeski , an economist with ING Bank in Brussels.
German Business Confidence Falls Tom Fairless 2011
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In the befogged recesses of her brain has arisen a fleeting memory that she was once a girl.
THE CHILDREN 2010
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The rest of the year, when we're emailing and texting and Words-With-Friending, and we're befogged by clashing inputs, we don't have the attention span or patience to watch commercials unfold.
Adam Hanft: Capitalist Porn - Behind the Fetishization of Super Bowl Commercials Adam Hanft 2012
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"Recent financial market turmoil and the never-ending euro-zone sovereign debt crisis have befogged the outlook for the German economy," said Carsten Brzeski , an economist with ING in Brussels.
German Firms' Confidence Hits 15-Month Low Tom Fairless 2011
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The rest of the year, when we're emailing and texting and Words-With-Friending, and we're befogged by clashing inputs, we don't have the attention span or patience to watch commercials unfold.
Adam Hanft: Capitalist Porn - Behind the Fetishization of Super Bowl Commercials Adam Hanft 2012
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Just in case my brain-befogged state rendered the rules less than perfectly clear, what YA author Phoebe Kitanidis and I are inviting the Author!
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Just in case my brain-befogged state rendered the rules less than perfectly clear, what YA author Phoebe Kitanidis and I are inviting the Author!
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Feels more like a dream, & somewhere in the back of my befogged mind, I understand that this is good—that I have, at the very least, some defense mechanisms still left in place.
Hollywood Savage Kristin McCloy 2010
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Something about the way she looked at him befogged his mind.
DRAGON GAMES P.W. CATANESE 2010
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Something about the way she looked at him befogged his mind.
DRAGON GAMES P.W. CATANESE 2010
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