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
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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Noel Burgess, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Costumed performers parade past brick houses against hazy backdrops, the eyes of their masks seemingly lost in thought.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
Both the planet and the moon will be bright enough to see in big cities filled with light pollution and through hazy or partly cloudy skies, according to Fazekas.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
Nominated for Best Actress for her performance in Wicked, Cynthia Erivo arrived in a white French tip manicure airbrushed with a faint, hazy green (and gold embellishments, of course).
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Hazy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hazy. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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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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