hazy

[ hey-zee ]

/ ˈheɪ zi /

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adjective, ha·zi·er, ha·zi·est.

characterized by the presence of haze; misty: hazy weather.

lacking distinctness or clarity; vague; indefinite; obscure; confused: a hazy idea.

Origin of hazy

1615–25; earlier hawsey, metathetic variant of Middle English *haswy, Old English haswig ashen, dusky. See haze¹, -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR hazy

1 foggy, smoggy, overcast.

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OTHER WORDS FROM hazy

ha·zi·ly, adverb ha·zi·ness, noun un·ha·zi·ly, adverb un·ha·zi·ness, noun

un·ha·zy, adjective

Words nearby hazy

hazing, hazleton, hazlitt, hazmat, hazor, hazy, hazzan, hazzard, haüynite, haček, hašek

Example sentences from the Web for haziness

Jacinta turned to her with the colour in her cheeks and a haziness in her eyes.

For Jacinta |Harold Bindloss
His haziness in connection with the matter extends even to his illustration.

The Soul of Golf |Percy Adolphus Vaile
A haziness that had been in the sky, strengthened into a lurry of little cloudlets between us and the stars.

A Poor Man's House |Stephen Sydney Reynolds
Observe: we have already had some instances of the haziness of his ideas concerning the "Notes of the Church."

Apologia pro Vita Sua |John Henry Newman

It is this haziness of intellectual vision which is the malady of all classes of men by nature.

An English Grammar |W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell

British Dictionary definitions for haziness

hazy

/ (ˈheɪzɪ) /

adjective -zier or -ziest

characterized by reduced visibility; misty

indistinct; vague

Derived forms of hazy

hazily, adverb haziness, noun

Word Origin for hazy

C17: of unknown origin

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hazy

adjective, ha·zi·er, ha·zi·est.

Origin of hazy

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Example sentences from the Web for haziness

British Dictionary definitions for haziness

adjective -zier or -ziest

Derived forms of hazy

Word Origin for hazy

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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hazy

adjective, ha·zi·er, ha·zi·est.

Origin of hazy

SYNONYMS FOR hazy

OTHER WORDS FROM hazy

Words nearby hazy

Words related to haziness

Example sentences from the Web for haziness

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adjective -zier or -ziest

Derived forms of hazy

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