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adjective

Definition of HAZY

1

filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension <hazy skies made it dangerous to fly> <the hazy sunshine so common in August>

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

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

Antonyms clear, cloudless, limpid, pellucid, unclouded

2

covered over by clouds <when taking landscape photographs, compensate for dull, hazy skies by emphasizing colorful features on the ground>

Synonyms beclouded, clouded, cloudy, dull, hazed, hazy, heavy, lowering (also louring), overclouded

Related Words bedimmed, befogged, blackened, darkened, darksome, dim, dimmed, dulled, dusky, misty, murky, obscure, obscured, overshadowed; sunless; black, bleak, cheerless, dark, desolate, dismal, drear, dreary, funereal, gloomy, glum, gray (also grey), sepulchral, somber (or sombre), sullen

Near Antonyms sunlit, sunny, sunshiny; brightened, brilliant, dazzling, illuminated, illumined, lit (or lighted), lightened, radiant, shiny

Antonyms clear, cloudless

3

not seen or understood clearly <the meaning of “you should” here is hazy—does it mean “you are strongly urged” or “you are commanded”?>

Synonyms blear, bleary, blurry, dim, foggy, fuzzy, gauzy, hazy, indefinite, indistinct, indistinguishable, misty, murky, nebulous, obscure, opaque, pale, shadowy, unclear, undefined, undetermined, vague

Related Words dark, dusky, gloomy; impalpable, inappreciable, intangible, invisible; hieroglyphic (also hieroglyphical), incomprehensible, indecipherable, indiscernible, inexplicable, mysterious, obfuscatory, puzzling

Near Antonyms bright, distinct, evident, obvious, plain; certain, firm, strong, sure

Antonyms clear, definite, pellucid