hazy

adjective

ˈhā-zē How to pronounce hazy (audio)
hazier; haziest
Synonyms of hazynext
1
: made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze entry 1 sense 1a)
hazy weather
a hazy view of the mountains
2
: vague, indefinite
has only a hazy recollection
also : uncertain
I'm hazy on that point
hazily
ˈhā-zə-lē How to pronounce hazy (audio)
adverb
haziness
ˈhā-zē-nəs How to pronounce hazy (audio)
noun

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Examples of hazy in a Sentence

We had only a hazy view of the mountain. He gave us a hazy account of how he had spent the last two weeks. She has only hazy memories of the accident.
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Thin lines and hazy glowing colors make the towering, randomized geometric structures look like something from a French comic book. — PCMAG, 16 Mar. 2025 Recall what the natural 2024 total solar eclipse looked like: a hazy white halo around a dark circle. — Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2025 In the late 1970s, Saturn’s odd moon Titan, a hazy orange world, was expecting visitors — first, NASA’s Pioneer 11 probe, then the twin Voyager spacecraft. — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025 The vignettes are bound together by Sriram’s cohesive vision for her world, presented in hazy 16 mm. — Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hazy

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First Known Use

1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of hazy was in 1582

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hazy

adjective
ˈhā-zē How to pronounce hazy (audio)
hazier; haziest
1
: partly hidden or darkened by or as if by haze
hazy weather
2
: vague sense 2, indefinite
a hazy idea
hazily
-zə-lē How to pronounce hazy (audio)
adverb
haziness
-zē-nəs How to pronounce hazy (audio)
noun

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