hazier; haziest
1
: made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze entry 1 sense 1a)
hazy weather
a hazy view of the mountains
2
: vague, indefinite
has only a hazy recollection
3
: cloudy sense 7
a hazy beer
Examples of hazy in a Sentence
We had only a hazy view of the mountain.
He gave us a hazy account of how he had spent the last two weeks.
She has only hazy memories of the accident.
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Joe Wilkins Published Mar 18, Futurism, 18 Mar. 2026
This hazy association of racial justice with letting your husband sleep around persists throughout the text.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2026
In the coming months, First Proof and other AI benchmarks might help foretell the still-hazy fate of mathematics—a tiny niche of the scientific world that suddenly has some of the Earth’s wealthiest eyes trained upon it.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
Other reminders of the Vietnam era are hazy spitball takes on just what the nature and duration of our commitment is.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Hazy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hazy. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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hazy
adjective
hazier; haziest
1
: partly hidden or darkened by or as if by haze
hazy weather
2
: vague sense 2, indefinite
a hazy idea
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