mistnoun [ C or U ]
usuk/mɪst/B2 thin fog produced by very small drops of water collecting in the air just above an area of ground or water:
The mountain villages seem to be permanently shrouded in mist.
The early-morning mist soon lifted/cleared.
a thin layer of liquid on the surface of something that makes it difficult to see:
UK There's always a mist on the bathroom mirror/windows when I've had a shower.
Through a mist of tears, I watched his train pull out of the station.
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- The river is often cloaked in mist in the early morning.
- A mist drifted in from the marshes.
- The car lights glowed dully through the mist.
- The graveyard looked ghostly, enveloped in mist.
- The morning mist had lifted and the sun was starting to come through.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Precipitation: clouds, dew, fog & steam
- altocumulus
- billow
- cloudy
- condensation
- cumulonimbus
- dewdrop
- fog
- fog up
- hazy
- miasma
- pea soup
- smog
- steam
- steamy
- stratocumulus
- stratus
- thundercloud
- vapour trail
- visibility
- whiteout
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Idiom(s)
the mists of time