as in hazy
covered over by clouds
hazed skies made the flat landscape look even duller
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as in taunted
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
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as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
unfortunately, smog was hazing the view of the distant city skyline
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Recent Examples of hazed
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
3 Apr. 2026
This protects any historic facilities from being hazed or harassed by new neighbors.
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Caleb Jacobs,
The Drive,
25 Mar. 2026
Randy Walters said his child had been hazed at school over Afroman's posts and came home crying.
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CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
Randy Walters said his child had been hazed at school over Afroman’s posts and came home crying.
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ABC News,
18 Mar. 2026
Olympia’s client is Diego Castillo, a firefighter who claims that he was mercilessly mocked and hazed by his peers after bringing his husband to a company cookout.
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Noel Murray,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
As a new guide, I got hazed endlessly.
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Corey Buhay,
Outside,
19 Nov. 2025
Jason Bateman is recalling how his older castmates hazed him on the set of the 1970s drama Little House on the Prairie.
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Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
No one should ever have to be in that position, getting hazed.
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Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
One veteran who, as a Jew, did feel excluded in the military during the 1970s (when he was hazed and even beaten), is Mikey Weinstein.
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Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
3 Apr. 2026
This protects any historic facilities from being hazed or harassed by new neighbors.
—
Caleb Jacobs,
The Drive,
25 Mar. 2026
Randy Walters said his child had been hazed at school over Afroman's posts and came home crying.
—
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
Randy Walters said his child had been hazed at school over Afroman’s posts and came home crying.
—
ABC News,
18 Mar. 2026
Olympia’s client is Diego Castillo, a firefighter who claims that he was mercilessly mocked and hazed by his peers after bringing his husband to a company cookout.
—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
As a new guide, I got hazed endlessly.
—
Corey Buhay,
Outside,
19 Nov. 2025
Jason Bateman is recalling how his older castmates hazed him on the set of the 1970s drama Little House on the Prairie.
—
Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
No one should ever have to be in that position, getting hazed.
—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hazed
Adjective
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Greenberg tried his best to ignore an irritating ankle injury that had plagued him the last couple of weeks and grimaced under the hazy sunlight as the pitcher, probably 20 or more years his junior, stared him down.
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In the private ward in the maternity wing, everything is quiet, all the surfaces immaculate and clean as if nothing at all has happened, your mother still hazy with the blur of oxytocin and carbetocin, staring out the open window.
Verb
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The woman alleged that Jackson repeatedly refused to delete the video and then taunted her with it.
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When Metcalf and others asked him to leave, Anthony taunted and provoked Metcalf, took out a knife and stabbed him, prosecutor Bill Wirskye said, according to KTVT.
Verb
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Those themes are compelling on paper, but they’re expressed through a confusing mix of abstraction and hyper-local specificity, hidden beneath biker rock riffs, and obscured through Allbrook’s wiry, wailing vocal delivery.
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Ultimately, the core concern is corporate money in politics, with crypto PACs aggressively shaping elections by amplifying candidates whose records and funding sources are often obscured from voters.
Adjective
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She’s talked up her push to convert darkened streetlights, many of them stripped of their copper wire, to solar power.
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In the darkened foyer, Ember contemplated this unassuming bit of paper, momentarily paralyzed by a mixture of dread and excitement stirred together, an overpowering sensation that oozed from the crown of her head, down the length of her body, then hardened, like a soft golden resin becoming solid.
Verb
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As the episode teased, 12 new boys are set to make their Love Island USA debut on Monday, June 22, continuing the high-stakes week full of fresh connections, messy romances and shocking twists.
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This was first teased during an animation segment at CinemaCon, then apparently teased again at Annecy today in the Warner reel.
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The line between fictional and real K-pop blurred further in May this year, when Netflix and AEG Presents announced a global concert tour featuring real-life performers as HUNTR/X.
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The pressure had become relentless, the boundaries increasingly blurred, and the cost to my own wellbeing impossible to ignore.
Adjective
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Within days of the pool being refilled in early June, the water had turned green and algae-clouded amid a heat wave in Washington, DC that saw temperatures reach 100 degrees.
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Smoke clouded swaths of Los Angeles for a sixth day Monday, after a fire broke out at a warehouse in the Boyle Heights area.
Verb
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One attack ad mocked Ossoff for playful college-era behavior.
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Just days before the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, a professional UFC fighter standing inside a cage erected on the South Lawn of the White House mocked former First Lady Michelle Obama by referring to her as a man.
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“Hazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hazed. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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