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
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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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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
Midtown Manhattan appears in vivid detail, with the rest of the country—Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles—a hazy expanse of rocks, bushes, and fields on the other side of the Hudson River.
—Frederick Hess, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Their Sky Kraken, a hazy pale on the lighter side, is a good place to start.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
As the impossible romance between two married neighbors in early 1960s Hong Kong blooms, the hazy density of the city becomes a character itself.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 28 Oct. 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
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