1
as in rainfalls
a light or fine rain
a mist was falling on the streets as we drove home
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as in hazes
an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency
a heavy mist obscured our view of the city from the observatory
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as in obscures
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the damp air misted the window pane
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Recent Examples of mists
Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Taylor hydrates with a creamy leave-in like Cheribe’s Moisture Milk, while Hinkle refreshes the scalp using rosewater mists.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
Bath & Body Works has become well-known for its fine fragrance mists, body lotions and body creams, 3-wick candles, home fragrance diffusers and liquid hand soap.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Aug. 2025
Beyond providing an instantly refreshing sensation, the face mists of today also promise to replenish moisture, soothe irritation, and even cast a long-lasting dewy finish over makeup.
—Venus Wong, Refinery29, 14 Aug. 2025
According to Perfume Direct, body mists are back, with the brand reporting a huge uptick in demand for body mists over the past year.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The origins of many words are simply lost in the mists of history, a disappointment that lexicographers record with the frustrating notation origin unknown, or orig.
—Martha Barnette
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Snif Founded by Bryan Edwards and Phil Riportella in 2020, Snif is the beauty industry’s clean scent disrupter offering fine yet affordable fragrances, mists, detergents and candles with baroque and whimsical aromas.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
Where campsites on Angel Island offered extensive panoramic views of the East Bay, China Camp visitors sleep among tall trees that see evening mists pervade the night as turkeys and deer wander through the area.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Taylor hydrates with a creamy leave-in like Cheribe’s Moisture Milk, while Hinkle refreshes the scalp using rosewater mists.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
Bath & Body Works has become well-known for its fine fragrance mists, body lotions and body creams, 3-wick candles, home fragrance diffusers and liquid hand soap.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Aug. 2025
Beyond providing an instantly refreshing sensation, the face mists of today also promise to replenish moisture, soothe irritation, and even cast a long-lasting dewy finish over makeup.
—Venus Wong, Refinery29, 14 Aug. 2025
According to Perfume Direct, body mists are back, with the brand reporting a huge uptick in demand for body mists over the past year.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The origins of many words are simply lost in the mists of history, a disappointment that lexicographers record with the frustrating notation origin unknown, or orig.
—Martha Barnette
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Snif Founded by Bryan Edwards and Phil Riportella in 2020, Snif is the beauty industry’s clean scent disrupter offering fine yet affordable fragrances, mists, detergents and candles with baroque and whimsical aromas.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mists
Noun
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The river will still become polluted after heavy rainfalls due to runoff from the streets and flushing of city sewage systems.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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During years of drought, when the water level dropped, trees grew in the lake bed, but when water returned following heavy rainfalls, the trees lost their leaves and were just bare trunks and branches.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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However, both of these scenarios resulted in the copious production of complex organic hazes, including molecular formulas that match compounds essential to life processes such as nucleobases, sugars, amino acids, and more.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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All that cash just obscures the dysfunction Obamacare has let loose in our health insurance market.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Your readers deserve better than inflammatory rhetoric that obscures real human suffering masquerading as journalism.—
Letters to the Editor,
Oc Register,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The use of blockchain effectively blurs these boundaries and merges them into one.—
Ozan Ozerk,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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This hideaway in Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood blurs the lines between highbrow design and youth culture.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There is a slight chance of sprinkles on Thursday afternoon, but the rest of the weekend should be dry.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Sep. 2025
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As Ever’s first batch of products, which included teas, honey, jams, rosé wine, and even flower sprinkles, meanwhile, sold out in minutes.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In autumn, this dreamy trek among the clouds is made even more breathtaking by the changing larches, with amber rivers blazing between ice-blue sky and lagoons.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Rain drizzled down most of the day Friday and into the early evening, but before sunset, as Kansas City shredder Samantha Fish was unleashing on guitar, the clouds parted to make way for a vibrant, double rainbow that arched over the entire box canyon.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The radiant point of the Perseids is the constellation Perseus, which, from the Northern Hemisphere, rises in the northeast as the sky darkens during August.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Blocking the sunlight also darkens his living spaces.—
Roxana Popescu,
Mercury News,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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It is dipped in red icing and Biscoff cookie crumble before being topped with golden icing drizzles and the Gryffindor crest.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Mists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mists. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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