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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Which part of the city is hazy — although the film is set in Brooklyn and the characters engage specifically with the borough, excerpts of Roger’s piece, read by Holland in voiceover, often refer to New York more generally.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
The film indulges Elvira’s fantasies with blasts of ethereal, anachronistic synth music and brief, hazy dream sequences; that the movie’s ostensible present doesn’t quite feel real also adds to the protagonist’s helplessness.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Much like the play it’s adapted from, Were the World Mine is hazy, romantic, duplicitous and delightful.
—Sadie Collins, Them, 24 Jan. 2025
The woman believed something may have been dropped in her drink, because her memories of what transpired were hazy.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Hazy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hazy. Accessed 2 Feb. 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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