From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Naturemistymist‧y /ˈmɪsti/ ●●○ adjective1DNmisty weather is weather with a lot of mist
a cold, misty morning2literaryCRY if your eyes are misty, they are full of tears, especially because you are remembering a time in the past
He paused, his eyes growing misty.
Whenever Maria sees a picture of her mother, she gets misty-eyed.3CLEAR/EASY TO SEEnot clear or brightSYN vague
Without my glasses everything is just a misty blur.Examples from the Corpusmisty• Toward evening, the weather turned and, as they approached the dock, the sky was gray and misty.• It was still misty but the sun was gatheringstrength and the mist had acquired a pearlyhuepromising better things.• Descents from Moughton need care in mistyconditions.• As we walked out of the house, we looked back one more time, a little misty-eyed• She had fallen asleep, her mouth against the window, steaming it in a perspiration of misty gray film.• The Galaxy was high in the sky and its mistylensshapestretched lazily from horizon to horizon.• Becoming mistyovernight with fog over the hills.• Misty people in overcoats stood against the wall.• We had mistyrain as we started out but the sun came out just as we got to the rapids.• It was a gray and mistyspring morning.
