fog up

Lose your clarity

To fog up is for a transparent surface to become obscured by condensation—moisture from the air or breath forming tiny droplets: My glasses fog up every time I come inside from the cold, The bathroom mirror fogged up after my shower.

Windows, windshields, and lenses commonly fog up when warm humid air meets a cooler surface.

condensation

steam

Heated water's gaseous form

droplets · vapor · mist · breath · haze · film · glasses · windshield · mirror · lens

obscure

blur

Lack of sharpness

  • cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
  • veilFabric that obscures
  • dimLow in light

haze · obstruct · block · impair · visibility · vision · unclear · opaque · shroud · screen

Opposites
optical clarity

fog upclear

Without obstruction or fog

clear up · defog · demist · unfog · become clear

visibility process

fog updefog

Remove condensation from glass

demist · clear · de-ice · dry out · dry up

Family

up, fog, foggy, fogged, fogginess, defog, foggier, foggily, defogs

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G