1
a
: fine dust, smoke, or light vapor causing lack of transparency of the air
b
: a cloudy appearance in a transparent liquid or solid
also
: a dullness of finish (as on furniture)
2
: something suggesting atmospheric haze
especially
: vagueness of mind or mental perception : unclear state of mind
woke up in a haze
hazed; hazing
: to make hazy, dull, or cloudy
: to become hazy or cloudy
hazed; hazing
1
a
: to harass by exacting unnecessary or disagreeable work
b
: to harass by banter, ridicule, or criticism
2
: to play tricks on or force to do unpleasant or unsafe things as initiation
haze the fraternity pledges
3
Western US
: to drive (animals, such as cattle or horses) from horseback
hazer
noun
Examples of haze in a Sentence
Noun
The bar was filled with a smoky haze.
She stumbled around in a drug-induced haze.
Verb (2)
the roughnecks on the oil rig would haze the young man for his refined manners and educated speech
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Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
That is an understandable consequence of that bad knee injury, but also of a general slowing down, the bendy-legged glory years fading into the haze of memory.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
In the first, fellow Globe nominee Ethan Hawke portrays Hart struggling through an alcoholic haze and with various erotic longings while his career prospects go up in smoke.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
By Bleeding Edge, Pynchon’s detective has re-emerged, no longer in the haze of acid and pot but in the flicker of screens.
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Noun
Red lasers slice through the haze, and the pristine sound system keeps skiers dancing well past midnight.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
That is an understandable consequence of that bad knee injury, but also of a general slowing down, the bendy-legged glory years fading into the haze of memory.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
In the first, fellow Globe nominee Ethan Hawke portrays Hart struggling through an alcoholic haze and with various erotic longings while his career prospects go up in smoke.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
By Bleeding Edge, Pynchon’s detective has re-emerged, no longer in the haze of acid and pot but in the flicker of screens.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Haze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haze. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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haze
2 of 3 verb
hazed; hazing
: to make or become hazy or cloudy
haze
3 of 3 verb
hazed; hazing
: to play unpleasant and humiliating tricks on (as new members of a college fraternity) or force to perform humiliating tasks or stunts
hazer
noun
Etymology
Noun
from hazy
Verb
origin unknown
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