What is another word for mists?

Pronunciation: [mˈɪsts] (IPA)

Mists are a natural phenomenon that have inspired the human mind for ages. This atmospheric condition occurs when water droplets are suspended in the air, creating a hazy and dreamlike atmosphere. The word "mists" has many synonyms, including fog, haze, vapors, steam, smog, murk, and cloudiness. Each of these terms describes different aspects of mists and the conditions under which they form. Fog specifically refers to low-lying clouds that form near the ground, while haze describes a thin layer of mist that obscures distant objects. Vapors and steam are often associated with heat or evaporation, while smog describes a thick, polluted mist that can be harmful to health. Cloudiness suggests a more general haziness, often caused by moisture or dust in the air.

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Usage examples for Mists

Now here was the boy talking to him across the mists of twenty-five years.
"The Shepherd of the North"
Richard Aumerle Maher
They got higher and higher into the mountains as the evening fell, and the mists closed down upon them.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
From which speech Fenwick derived an impression that the little monkey, the vulgar child, had come back warm and living and welcome to the speaker's mind, and had driven away some mists of night, some uglinesses that hung about it.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan

Famous quotes with Mists

  • We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South.
    Roald Amundsen
  • We see but dimly through the mists and vapors Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funeral tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • Midnight is another planet! When the clock strikes twelve and if you are asleep, wake up, friend, and discover the beauties of this new planet: Discover the silence; discover the tranquillity; speak to the owls, speak to the moon; greet the hedgehogs and disappear in the midst of the mists!
    Mehmet Murat ildan
  • The mountains, I become a part of it... The morning mists, the clouds, the gathering waters, I become a part of it.
    Navajo Chant
  • For me, my craft is sailing on, Through mists to-day, clear seas anon. Whate’er the final harbor be ’T is good to sail upon the sea!
    John Kendrick Bangs

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