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hazed 1 of 3

adjective

as in hazy
covered over by clouds hazed skies made the flat landscape look even duller

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hazed

2 of 3

verb (1)

past tense of haze
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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hazed

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verb (2)

past tense of haze
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
Verb
On her first day on the job, Lange was hazed by a fellow traffic reporter, who told her about a big accident on the 405 Freeway at Wilshire Boulevard. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Teens allegedly hazed Jeremiah Hicks, a KCK resident who graduated from Washington High School in 2013, told board members that he was hazed by at least three district staff members, and other students, in a fraternity made for the school’s band. — Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026 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. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hazed
  1. hazy
  2. taunted
  3. obscured
  4. darkened
  5. teased
  6. blurred
  7. clouded
  8. mocked
Adjective
  • That entails having reachable but firm and clear expectations that both students and teachers can strive towards, not hazy objectives.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Ride Lonesome is amorphous, hazy, dappled, and almost impossibly pretty.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of hazy
Verb
  • The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) announced an investigation after Al Hilal midfielder Ruben Neves appeared to be taunted by the chants during their away league win on Saturday.
    — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The rivalry between the two stars dates back to the 2023 NCAA women’s national championship game, when Reese's LSU Tigers defeated Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes and Reese famously, and without class, taunted Clark in the closing moments.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of taunted
Verb
  • Hur judiciously constructs scene after scene that pulls and pushes the various probes closer to and further from the mysterious truth, which feels at once obscured and hidden in plain sight.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The poster also obscured the system’s dynamic tracking accuracy.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of obscured
Adjective
  • This trend has been pretty pervasive among designer bags recently, with shoppers buying new Prada and Chanel bags with darkened leather to give them a used look, or sourcing vintage Celine bags with obvious signs of wear.
    — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 2 July 2026
  • She’s talked up her push to convert darkened streetlights, many of them stripped of their copper wire, to solar power.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Definition of darkened
Verb
  • The studio teased the adaptation during its CinemaCon presentation earlier this year after first announcing the project at CES in 2025.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Lee teased the partnership over the summer at San Diego Comic-Con, assuring the audience in Hall H that the DC IP would be in good hands with the Stuart team.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of teased
Verb
  • The line between legitimate leak prevention and the surveillance or sidelining of critical press coverage has grown increasingly blurred.
    — Brian O'Neill, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Still recovering from knee surgery, Phillips held binoculars in one hand, peering down from a booth so high jersey numbers blurred into guesswork.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of blurred
Adjective
  • But what happened inside the house remains a complicated and clouded mystery.
    — Joe Holden, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Deravi’s team is focused on the Pieridae family of butterflies, which includes examples like the clouded sulfur (Colias philodice) and cabbage white (Pieris rapae).
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of clouded
Verb
  • In fact, after the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, which killed six and injured more than a thousand people but hardly rocked the buildings, ironworkers mocked the idea that any terrorist could ever take down those great structures.
    — Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • He was criticised by Guardiola last season for not challenging Virgil van Dijk anywhere near enough at Anfield in February, and he was mocked by supporters at Old Trafford in January after he was kept quiet by Lisandro Martinez and Harry Maguire.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of mocked

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“Hazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hazed. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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