as in hazy
covered over by clouds
hazed skies made the flat landscape look even duller
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as in taunted
to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults
the roughnecks on the oil rig would haze the young man for his refined manners and educated speech
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as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
unfortunately, smog was hazing the view of the distant city skyline
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Recent Examples of hazed
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
3 Apr. 2026
This protects any historic facilities from being hazed or harassed by new neighbors.
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Caleb Jacobs,
The Drive,
25 Mar. 2026
Randy Walters said his child had been hazed at school over Afroman's posts and came home crying.
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CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
Randy Walters said his child had been hazed at school over Afroman’s posts and came home crying.
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ABC News,
18 Mar. 2026
Olympia’s client is Diego Castillo, a firefighter who claims that he was mercilessly mocked and hazed by his peers after bringing his husband to a company cookout.
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Noel Murray,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
As a new guide, I got hazed endlessly.
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Corey Buhay,
Outside,
19 Nov. 2025
Jason Bateman is recalling how his older castmates hazed him on the set of the 1970s drama Little House on the Prairie.
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Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
No one should ever have to be in that position, getting hazed.
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Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
One veteran who, as a Jew, did feel excluded in the military during the 1970s (when he was hazed and even beaten), is Mikey Weinstein.
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Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
3 Apr. 2026
This protects any historic facilities from being hazed or harassed by new neighbors.
—
Caleb Jacobs,
The Drive,
25 Mar. 2026
Randy Walters said his child had been hazed at school over Afroman's posts and came home crying.
—
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
Randy Walters said his child had been hazed at school over Afroman’s posts and came home crying.
—
ABC News,
18 Mar. 2026
Olympia’s client is Diego Castillo, a firefighter who claims that he was mercilessly mocked and hazed by his peers after bringing his husband to a company cookout.
—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
As a new guide, I got hazed endlessly.
—
Corey Buhay,
Outside,
19 Nov. 2025
Jason Bateman is recalling how his older castmates hazed him on the set of the 1970s drama Little House on the Prairie.
—
Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
No one should ever have to be in that position, getting hazed.
—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hazed
Adjective
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Nearly everyone knows the Boston Tea Party; many can summon at least a hazy memory of the Stamp Act or the Townshend duties.
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That could result in a slightly muted sky and a softer, hazier sun angle through the afternoon, though surface visibility impacts should remain limited.
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The woman alleged that Jackson repeatedly refused to delete the video and then taunted her with it.
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When Metcalf and others asked him to leave, Anthony taunted and provoked Metcalf, took out a knife and stabbed him, prosecutor Bill Wirskye said, according to KTVT.
Verb
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Wernicke says that's wrong—and that the misattribution has obscured something important.
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The documents in question include eight emails with either the sender or recipient blacked out, a draft indictment of Epstein with the names of potential co-conspirators obscured and a 2019 email that mentions several co-conspirators whose names were redacted.
Adjective
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She’s talked up her push to convert darkened streetlights, many of them stripped of their copper wire, to solar power.
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In the darkened foyer, Ember contemplated this unassuming bit of paper, momentarily paralyzed by a mixture of dread and excitement stirred together, an overpowering sensation that oozed from the crown of her head, down the length of her body, then hardened, like a soft golden resin becoming solid.
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As the episode teased, 12 new boys are set to make their Love Island USA debut on Monday, June 22, continuing the high-stakes week full of fresh connections, messy romances and shocking twists.
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This was first teased during an animation segment at CinemaCon, then apparently teased again at Annecy today in the Warner reel.
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Today, however, algorithmic feeds have increasingly blurred the boundaries between tween and adult style.
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The concept has overwhelmingly blurred the lines between professional and personal hours for physicians, overburdening an already tenuous workforce.
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Within days of the pool being refilled in early June, the water had turned green and algae-clouded amid a heat wave in Washington, DC that saw temperatures reach 100 degrees.
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Smoke clouded swaths of Los Angeles for a sixth day Monday, after a fire broke out at a warehouse in the Boyle Heights area.
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That single test would have stopped Tank Day before a designer ever mocked up a poster.
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On Wednesday, Smith mocked the team's trade for Walker Kessler, pairing him with Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.
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“Hazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hazed. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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