brain fog
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Problems in concentrating, thinking clearly, or remembering things; a sense of not being completely awake or mentally acute.
Informal; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Then, as the brain fog lifted a little and cleared away, his chin quivered and he went on : “ Oh, Daisy, Daisy ; it comes back to me now, the years that are gone, and you as you were then. ”"
- "That woman and her question must have emanated from the brain fog of some opposer to scientific temperance education who was trying to find out for himself whether three glasses of whisky or a bottle of Rhine wine is isodynamic with certain amounts of sugar, fat, and starch."
- "While the warm, lingering days of summer are doubtless a wonderful thing, the brain fog that can accompany surging temperatures is actually real — and it doesn’t feel so wonderful."
- "It’s becoming known as Covid brain fog: troubling cognitive symptoms that can include memory loss, confusion, difficulty focusing, dizziness and grasping for everyday words. Increasingly, Covid survivors say brain fog is impairing their ability to work and function normally."