different between darksome vs misty

English

Etymology

From dark +? -some.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??ks?m/

Adjective

darksome (comparative more darksome, superlative most darksome)

1. (poetic) Characterised by darkness; gloomy; obscure
   • 1799, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Love

     That sometimes from the savage den,
     And sometimes from the darksome shade,
     And sometimes staring up at once
     In green and sunny glade.

   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1st edition, chapter XII, pages 221-222

     […] to cross the silent hall, to ascend the darksome staircase, to seek my own lonely little room, […]

   Synonyms: shaded, cheerless

English

Etymology

From Middle English misty, mysty, misti, from Old English misti? (“misty, dark”), equivalent to mist +? -y. Cognate with Scots misty, mistie (“misty”), Dutch mistig (“misty, foggy”), Middle Low German mistich (“foggy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?sti/
• Rhymes: -?sti

Adjective

misty (comparative mistier, superlative mistiest)

1. Covered in mist; foggy.

2. (figuratively) Dim; vague; obscure.

3. (figuratively) With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed.

Derived terms

• misty-eyed

Related terms

• mistify

Translations

Anagrams

• stimy

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

misty

1. Alternative form of mysty (“misty”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

misty

1. Alternative form of mysty (“figurative”)