Befog
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Befog is a verb meaning To envelop in fog or smoke.
Meaning
To envelop in fog or smoke.
More Meanings
- To confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties).
- To obscure, make less clear (a subject, issue, etc.).
Example Sentences
Clouds of the most expensive incense befog the chancel […]
[…] they pray that they may befog minds with untruths and poison God’s sweet air of breath,
“[…] He’s been blarneying you. You’ve let his plausible tongue and handsome face befog you.”
How they had managed to befog the subject! What elaborate show-structures they had built up, with no result but to obscure the horizon!
Word Forms
- befogs
- befogging
- befogged
Synonyms for befog
Depending on context, synonyms include obscure, mist, fog, cloud, becloud.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include becloud, mist, fog, cloud, obscure, blur.
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