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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Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
Heading into year’s end, hazy outlooks on interest rates, inflationary pressures, consumer sentiment and the labor market make real estate hard to project in 2026, said Katrina Wehr, a past president of Idaho Realtors, the statewide board, and a broker at Stack Rock Realty.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 5 Dec. 2025
Although Kirchner’s true intentions are impossible to know at this point, and his story remains hazy, the rough outline has been enough to inspire worried conversation about the AI-safety movement as a whole.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2025
Wherever and however all these hazy elements converge, a few aspects are clear.
—Kansas City Star, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Hazy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hazy. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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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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