Atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility.

Dutch: stofwolk, nevel

Confusion characterized by lack of clarity.

synonyms: daze, fog.

Roget 475: uncertainty, incertitude, doubt; doubtfulness etc. adj.; dubiety, dubitation^†, dubitancy^†, dubitousness^†.    hesitation, suspense; perplexity, embarrassment, dilemma, bewilderment; timidity etc. (fear) 860; vacillation etc. 605; diaporesis^†, indetermination.    vagueness etc. adj.; haze, fog; obscurity etc. (darkness) 421; ambiguity etc. (double meaning) 520; contingency, dependence, dependency, double contingency, possibility upon a possibility; open question etc. (question) 461; onus probandi [Lat.]; blind bargain, pig in a poke, leap in the dark, something or other; needle in a haystack, needle in a bottle of hay; roving commission.    precariousness etc. adj.; fallibility.    ... show more

Roget 353: bubble, foam, froth, head, spume, lather, suds, spray, surf, yeast, barm^†, spindrift.    cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze, steam, geyser; scud, messenger, rack, nimbus; cumulus, woolpack^†, cirrus, stratus; cirrostratus, cumulostratus; cirrocumulus; mackerel sky, mare's tale, dirty sky; curl cloud; frost smoke; thunderhead.    [Science of clouds] nephelognosy^†; nephograph^†, nephology^†.    effervescence, fermentation; bubbling etc. v.. nebula; cloudliness etc. (opacity) 426^†; nebulosity etc. (dimness) 422.    ... show more

Roget 426a: turbidity, cloudiness, fog, haze, muddiness, haziness, obscurity.    nephelometer [instrument to measure turbidity].

Dutch: troebeling, nevel, waas
Polish: zaćmienie, przyćmienie

Become hazy, dull, or cloudy.

Harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions.