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单词 hazing
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hazing

noun

haz·​ing ˈhā-ziŋ How to pronounce hazing (audio)
: the action of hazing
especially : an initiation process involving harassment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web An alleged hazing incident at a Texas high school that sent one football player to the hospital with burn injuries has resulted in 21 students being suspended. Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 27 Aug. 2022 Greek life’s image is all alcohol, parties and hazing. WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022 Two Ohio fraternity members have been sentenced in the hazing death of Bowling Green State University student Stone Foltz. Jennifer Henderson, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022 Last year, 11 former members of the fraternity were charged with hazing and seven of them with serving alcohol to a minor. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2022 Instead of simply informing students about the resources on campus, orientation can amount to an ideological hazing. Abigail Anthony, National Review, 15 July 2022 Foltz, 20, died in March 2021 from alcohol intoxication that prosecutors alleged stemmed from a hazing incident for the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity’s Delta Beta Chapter in Bowling Green, CNN previously reported. Jennifer Henderson, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022 Troy Henricksen, 24, of Grove City, received 42 days in jail and 28 days of house arrest on charges of hazing and failure to comply with underage alcohol laws, the Associated Press reports. Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2022 Jacob Krinn, 21, of Delaware, Ohio, was convicted of obstruction of official business, hazing and failure to comply, and was also sentenced to 42 days in jail. CBS News, 17 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

hazing 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of haze
as in taunting
to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults the roughnecks on the oil rig would haze the young man for his refined manners and educated speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • taunting
  • teasing
  • mocking
  • heckling
  • baiting
  • annoying
  • bullying
  • riding
  • bothering
  • ridiculing
  • torturing
  • needling
  • hassling
  • picking on
  • irritating
  • testing
  • jeering
  • plaguing
  • troubling
  • disturbing
  • chafing
  • harassing
  • aggravating
  • trying
  • narking
  • tormenting
  • gibing
  • itching
  • frosting
  • jibing
  • making game of
  • badgering
  • goading
  • pestering
  • discomforting
  • nettling
  • spiting
  • dogging
  • ruffling
  • exasperating
  • nagging
  • riling
  • bugging
  • grating
  • deriding
  • griping
  • vexing
  • irking
  • galling
  • agitating
  • browbeating
  • rasping
  • persecuting
  • terrorizing
  • putting out
  • hounding
  • peeving
  • getting
  • perturbing
  • fretting
  • beleaguering
  • hectoring
  • bedeviling
  • hagriding
  • gnawing (at)
  • aggrieving
  • burning (up)
  • hacking (off)
  • piquing
  • harrying

hazing

2 of 2

verb (2)

present participle of haze
as in darkening
to make dark, dim, or indistinct unfortunately, smog was hazing the view of the distant city skyline

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • darkening
  • blurring
  • blackening
  • fogging
  • obscuring
  • dimming
  • shadowing
  • clouding
  • shrouding
  • beclouding
  • overshadowing
  • misting
  • overclouding
  • dislimning
  • overcasting
  • bedimming
  • befogging
  • hiding
  • shading
  • concealing
  • fuzzing (up)
  • masking
  • adumbrating
  • blearing
  • veiling
  • covering
  • blotting out
  • camouflaging
  • eclipsing
  • obliterating
  • screening
  • cloaking
  • disguising
  • curtaining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • lighting (up)
  • illuminating
  • lightening
  • exposing
  • brightening
  • revealing
  • uncovering
  • illumining
  • unveiling
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