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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Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
There’s Walter’s serene cello and Marjorie’s pensive, slightly coy violin, sometimes playful or petulant or, still, a little vain and secretive — other times thin and trembling, lost in the haze of dementia.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
That’s why these cabinet meetings are nothing but cringe kiss-up sessions whose sole purpose is to keep the declining autocrat in a haze of good feelings and esteem-boosting praise.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
But Trisha manages to overcome both her opium haze and her captor with not one, not two, but three bonks with a candlestick.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
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Noun
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
There’s Walter’s serene cello and Marjorie’s pensive, slightly coy violin, sometimes playful or petulant or, still, a little vain and secretive — other times thin and trembling, lost in the haze of dementia.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
That’s why these cabinet meetings are nothing but cringe kiss-up sessions whose sole purpose is to keep the declining autocrat in a haze of good feelings and esteem-boosting praise.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
But Trisha manages to overcome both her opium haze and her captor with not one, not two, but three bonks with a candlestick.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Haze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haze. Accessed 14 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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