hazy

hazy

adjective \ˈhā-zē\

: partly hidden, darkened, or clouded by dust, smoke, or mist : hidden by haze; also : having or filled with haze

: not clear in thought or meaning

: not certain

haz·i·erhaz·i·est

Full Definition of HAZY

1

:  obscured or made dim or cloudy by or as if by haze

2

:  vague, indefinite <has only a hazy recollection>; also :  uncertain <I'm hazy on that point>

— haz·i·ly \-zə-lē\ adverb

— haz·i·ness \-zē-nəs\ noun

Examples of HAZY

1. We had only a hazy view of the mountain.
2. He gave us a hazy account of how he had spent the last two weeks.
3. She has only hazy memories of the accident.

Origin of HAZY

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1582

Related to HAZY

Synonyms

beclouded, befogged, brumous, clouded, cloudy, foggy, gauzy, misty, murky, smoggy, soupy

Antonyms

clear, cloudless, limpid, pellucid, unclouded

Related Words

overcast, rainy, stormy, thick; dirty, miry, mucky, muddy, slimy, slushy, turbid; miasmal, miasmatic, miasmic; smoky (also smokey), smudgy, sooty; filmy, milky, opaque

Near Antonyms

bright, clean; clement, fair, sunny, sunshiny; translucent, transparent

Other Climate/Meteorology Terms

monsoon, occlusion, ozone, rime, squall, zephyr

Rhymes with HAZY

crazy, daisy, lazy, mazy