Mist
Mist verb - To make dark, dim, or indistinct.
Usage example: the damp air misted the window pane
Screen
Screen verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- As her head is lopped off (just offscreen) a fine pink mist sprays out across the screen.
Source: Pink Mist - Strangely enough, the manga One Piece had begun a war in which mist was constantly seen sneaking on to the screen from no one knows where.
Source: Fog of War -
Even before her photo shows up on the AFIS computer screen, it's clear to viewers that it's hers, because the cyanoacrylate mist turns the print tangerine orange.
Source: Series / CSI
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Screen and Mist. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mist/screen
Mist & Screen. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/mist/screen>.
Screen or Mist. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/mist/screen.
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