mist
noun · verb
Simple meaning
Water or other liquid finely suspended in air.
Pronunciation
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mistIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈmɪst
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
countableuncountable
Water or other liquid finely suspended in air.
countable
A layer of fine droplets or particles.
figurative
Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.
verb
transitive
To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
intransitive
To rain in very fine droplets.
transitiveof the eyes
To be covered by tears.
To mock a work (typically a fanfic) by inserting satirical commentary.
transitive
To cover with a mist.
intransitive
To form mist.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Water or other liquid finely suspended in air.
Used this way, mist is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use mist
- “It was difficult to see through the morning mist.”noun
- “I mist my tropical plants every morning.”verb
- “There was an oily mist on the lens.”noun
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Inflected forms
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A form of address for a man.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers.
Become covered with mist.
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