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ADJECTIVE
cramped
Synonyms
STRONGEST
crowded narrow packed small tiny
STRONG
circumscribed close confined crabbed pent restricted squeezed
WEAK
awkward hemmed in illegible incommodious indecipherable irregular jammed in little minute tight tucked up two-by-four uncomfortable
Antonyms
STRONGEST
big broad-minded empty enormous generous huge large
WEAK
free open uncongested uncramped uncrowded uninhibited unobstructed
ADJECTIVE
foggy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cloudy fuzzy misty murky soupy vague
WEAK
blurred ceiling zero clouded dark dim filmy fogged in gray indistinct mushy nebulous pea-soupy smazy smoggy socked in unclear vaporous vapory zero-zero
Antonyms
STRONGEST
clear
ADJECTIVE
misty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cloudy foggy fuzzy hazy murky overcast
WEAK
bleary blurred clouded dark dewy dim enveloped indistinct mushy nebulous opaque shrouded socked in soupy unclear vague vaporous
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bright clear sunny

Example Sentences

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It closed in October after just eight months.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

The community has been built over the past two decades on the site of the old Orton brickworks, which closed in the 1980s.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Two of them closed in the past year, reducing the state’s refining capacity by 20 percent and causing California to lean more heavily on imports.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

There were also reports roads had been closed in the Victoria Avenue area of the town near to Queens Park.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

And maybe the kitchen was closed in the evening when she gathered up food for my supper.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan