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mists

/mɪsts/

mists is the plural of mist.

mists is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mist.

Meaning of mist

Noun

mist (countable and uncountable, plural mists)

  1. Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)
    • It was difficult to see through the morning mist.
    Synonyms:
    brume
  2. (countable) A layer of fine droplets or particles.
    • There was an oily mist on the lens.
  3. (figuratively) Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.
    • His passion cast a mist before his sense.1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

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Verb capitalized: MiSTs

MiSTs

  1. (indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of MiST

Phrases with mists

Words that rhyme with mists

Questions about mists

What is mists the plural of?
Mists is the plural of mist.
What part of speech is mists?
Mists is a verb.
How do you pronounce mists?
Mists is pronounced /mɪsts/.

Words near mists in the dictionary

  1. Mistrys
  2. mistryst
  3. mistrysted
  4. mistrysting
  5. mistrysts
  6. mists
  7. mists of time
  8. mists over
  9. mists up
  10. Mistubishi
  11. mistucked

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mists (page history and authors); MiSTs (page history and authors); mist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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