What does misty mean?
Definitions for misty
ˈmɪs timisty
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word misty.
Princeton's WordNet
brumous, foggy, hazy, mistyadjective
filled or abounding with fog or mist
"a brumous October morning"
mistyadjective
wet with mist
"the misty evening"
Wiktionary
mistyadjective
With mist; foggy
It's a very misty morning this morning - I can't see a thing!
mistyadjective
With tears in the eyes
Her eyes grew misty the night her long-time friend passed away.
Mistynoun
from the adjective "misty", reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Mistyadjective
Etymology: from mist.
The morrow fair with purple beams
Dispers’d the shadows of the misty night. Fairy Queen.Loud howling wolves arouse the jades,
That drag the tragick melancholy night;
Who with their drowsy, slow, and flagging wings
Clip dead mens graves; and from their misty jaws
Breathe foul contagious darkness in the air. William Shakespeare.Parents overprize their children, while they behold them through the vapours of affection which alter the appearance, as things seem bigger in misty mornings. Henry Wotton.
Now smoaks with show’rs the misty mountain ground,
And floated fields lie undistinguish’d round. Alexander Pope.
Webster Dictionary
Misty
accompained with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere
Misty
obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight
Etymology: [AS. mistig. See Mist. In some senses misty has been confused with mystic.]
Freebase
Misty
"Misty" is a jazz standard written in 1954 by the pianist Erroll Garner. Originally composed as an instrumental following the traditional 32-bar format and first recorded for Garner's 1955 album Contrasts, the tune later had lyrics by Johnny Burke and became the signature song of Johnny Mathis, appearing on his 1959 album Heavenly and reaching #12 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart later that year.
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stimy
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of misty in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of misty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of misty in a Sentence
One-hundred and fifty head of ponies control the purse strings of the entire island, we call it the 'Misty' mystique.
You look to me like misty roses Too soft to touch But too lovely to leave alone
The police department's primary duty is to protect the hostage, shooting while Misty was in the vehicle violates every standard practice of police protocol.
Everyone dreams, but not all equally. Those who dream at night in the misty recesses of their mind, often wake to find that it was unfulfilled passion: but day dreamers are dangerous folk, for they may open their eyes, to make dreams possible.
Goldman Sachs spokesman Andrew Williams:
We host hundreds of conferences around the world for our clients as do so many other companies. We all want speakers that will interest our clients, for example, we have hosted speakers at client events ranging from Derek Jeter to Misty Copeland to Elon Musk.
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- mlhavéCzech
- niwlogWelsh
- tågetDanish
- nebligGerman
- nebula, larmokulaEsperanto
- brumosoSpanish
- مه آلودPersian
- sumuinen, usvainenFinnish
- brumeuxFrench
- gruamaIrish
- धुंधलाHindi
- ködösHungarian
- մշուշոտArmenian
- berkabutIndonesian
- nebbiosoItalian
- ערפיליHebrew
- 霞みJapanese
- ಮಂಜಿನKannada
- 안개Korean
- caelique caligabuntLatin
- ānehu, uwhango, pūkohukohuMāori
- mistig, waterigDutch
- disigNorwegian
- mglistyPolish
- enevoado, nublado, marejadosPortuguese
- cețoasăRomanian
- тума́нный, мгли́стыйRussian
- dimmigSwedish
- పొగమంచుTelugu
- туманнийUkrainian
- mù sươngVietnamese
- נעפּלדיקYiddish
- 蒙蒙Chinese
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