hazier; haziest
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 adverb
haziness noun

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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Growing support from the Hill While the full details of these policy proposals remain hazy, a growing number of lawmakers have signaled early support for the effort. Luke Garrett, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024 Consider Chatterton’s Fields of This, an exemplary case study, as the hazy slacker rock the Oxnard, California, duo of guitarist-keyboardist Brock Pierce and multi-instrumentalist Logan Scrivner dream up is brash yet diffident. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024 In a flurry, staff members donning Santa hats duck and dive into various sheds outside, wheeling carts of flora in and out, quick flashes of scarlet leaves disappearing behind hazy walls. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024 Lyrics eventually appear onscreen, as tracks surface from the hazy darkness of their process — not only as subtitles but in the original Spanish as if the filmmakers had devised the film as a sing-along. Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hazy 

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1582, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of hazy was in 1582

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“Hazy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hazy. Accessed 20 Dec. 2024.

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hazy

adjective
hazier; haziest
1
: partly hidden or darkened by or as if by haze
hazy weather
2
: vague sense 2, indefinite
a hazy idea
hazily adverb
haziness noun

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