MEANING
1. To confuse or obscure understanding.
2. To cover or obscure with fog.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- befog the mind
- befog an issue
On the page
The repeated contradictions befogged her understanding of the night.
His explanation befogged the issue instead of resolving it.
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Word forms
- Base
- befog
- Past tense
- befogged
- Past participle
- befogged
- Present participle
- befogging
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- befog
- Present continuous
- am/is/are befogging
- Present perfect
- have/has befogged
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been befogging
- Past
- befogged
- Past continuous
- was/were befogging
- Past perfect
- had befogged
- Past perfect continuous
- had been befogging
- Future
- will befog
- Future continuous
- will be befogging
- Future perfect
- will have befogged
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been befogging
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: befog; befogs; befogged; befogged; befogging Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: befogs.
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