Word forms: comparative hazier, superlative haziest
1. adjective
Hazy weather conditions are those in which things are difficult to see, because of light mist, hot air, or dust.
The air was thin and crisp, filled with hazy sunshine and frost.
The floodlights were hazy behind the slanting rain.
Synonyms: misty, faint, dim, dull More Synonyms of hazy
2. adjective
If you are hazyabout ideas or details, or if they are hazy, you are uncertain or confused about them.
I'm a bit hazy about that.
I have only a hazy memory of what he was really like.
She had only a hazy idea of Britain's prison problems.
Many details remain hazy.
Synonyms: vague, uncertain, unclear, muddled More Synonyms of hazy
3. adjective
If things seem hazy, you cannot see things clearly, for example because you are feeling ill.
I wandered around in a hazy, distracted, anxious mess.
My vision has grown so hazy.
It's as if I'm living in a hazy dream world.
hazy in British English
(ˈheɪzɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: -zier or -ziest
1.
characterized by reduced visibility; misty
2.
indistinct; vague
Derived forms
hazily (ˈhazily)
adverb
haziness (ˈhaziness)
noun
Word origin
C17: of unknown origin
hazy in American English
(ˈheɪzi)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈhazier or ˈhaziest
1.
filled with haze; somewhat foggy, misty, or smoky
2.
somewhat vague, obscure, confused, or indefinite
hazy thinking
Derived forms
hazily (ˈhazily)
adverb
haziness (ˈhaziness)
noun
Word origin
prob. < or akin to OE hasu, haswig, gray, dusky (akin to MHG heswe, pale): cf. hare
Examples of 'hazy' in a sentence
hazy
It was a rhetorical question written in the hazy summer sky.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Can you shed some light on my hazy recollection?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She said her memory was hazy and she could not recall much of what had happened.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Then it all got a bit hazy.
The Sun (2011)
The sun streams into your sign and brings hazy dreams into sharp focus.
The Sun (2009)
My memory is hazy but the impact was really hard and there was a lot of blood.
The Sun (2012)
Quite what the club looked like is a bit hazy to recall.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
After that my understanding of recycling gets a bit hazy.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
After that it all gets a bit hazy.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It was warm, with hazy sunshine.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The day 's hazy light streams in from above.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The cloud usually burns off in the afternoons, but can stay hazy all day in summer.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
She'd already lived my crazy days and hazy nights.
Christianity Today (2000)
Um, the rest is a bit hazy.
The Sun (2010)
He kept out of it at the time, which may have left him with a hazy memory.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
THOSE lazy hazy days of summer now come at a cost.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But my memory is hazy.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
FOR central bankers, a hazy summer is coming to an end.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It was not as sunny as the day before; still warm, but hazy and close.
Tracy Chevalier Burning Bright (2007)
She says: 'I have a very hazy memory of my time in hospital.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But did he really have so many romantic conquests at Oxford that they're just a hazy memory?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The lazy, hazy days of summer were evoked by some tracks, while others simply burst with rhythmic vigour.
The Sun (2011)
Those whose university days are a hazy memory are more likely to get away with degree fraud, according to the agency that attempts to halt the practice.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
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In other languages
hazy
British English: hazy ADJECTIVE
Hazy weather conditions are those in which things are difficult to see, because of light mist, hot air, or dust.
The air was thin and crisp, filled with hazy sunshine and frost.
American English: hazy
Brazilian Portuguese: nublado
Chinese: > 雾蒙蒙的天气
European Spanish: brumoso
French: brumeux
German: dunstig
Italian: offuscato
Japanese: かすんだ
Korean: 흐릿한
European Portuguese: nublado
Latin American Spanish: brumoso
Chinese translation of 'hazy'
hazy
(ˈheɪzɪ)
adj
(= indistinct)
[sky, day, sunshine]雾(霧)蒙(濛)蒙(濛)的 (wùméngméng de)
[outline, view]朦胧(朧)的 (ménglóng de)
(= vague)[idea, memory]模糊的 (móhu de)
he's rather hazy about the details他对(對)细(細)节(節)有点(點)遮遮掩掩 (tā duì xìjié yǒu diǎn zhēzhē-yǎnyǎn)
1 (adjective)
Definition
(of the sky or a view) unable to be seen clearly because of dust or heat
The air was filled with hazy sunshine and frost.
Synonyms
misty
The air was cold and misty.
faint
He became aware of the soft, faint sounds of water dripping.
dim
a dim February day
dull
It's always dull and raining.
obscure
The hills were just an obscure shape in the mist.
veiled
smoky
the extremely smoky atmosphere at work
cloudy
It was a cloudy, windy day.
foggy
Conditions were damp and foggy this morning.
overcast
It was a cold, wintry, overcast afternoon.
blurry
nebulous
We glimpsed a nebulous figure through the mist.
Opposites
clear
,
light
,
bright
,
sunny
2 (adjective)
Definition
dim or vague
I have only a hazy memory of what he was like.
Synonyms
vague
He could just make out a vague shape in the distance.
uncertain
Students all over the country are facing an uncertain future.
unclear
muddled
the muddled thinking of the Government's transport policy
fuzzy
a couple of fuzzy pictures
indefinite
a person of indefinite age
loose
We came to some sort of loose arrangement before he went home.