adjective
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characterized by reduced visibility; misty
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indistinct; vague
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Etymology
Origin of hazy
First recorded in 1615–25; earlier hawsey, metathetic variant of unattested Middle English *aswy, Old English haswig “ashen, dusky”; see haze 1, -y 1
Explanation
If it's hazy, it's definitely not clear — there's fog, mist, smoke or something like that blurring the view. Hazy usually describes a sky that's fogged over or otherwise unclear. But if you're feeling a little uncertain or unsure about something, with only a bleary outline in your mind, you could say you're a bit hazy on the details.
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Its infrared capabilities, however, bring out features that are harder to see in visible light, including dense concentrations of dust and hazy regions of ionized gas.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
The far-out future of AI remains hazy, and it is increasingly intertwined with huge questions about interest rates and inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Peter Mullinax, a meteorologist for NWS, told AFP that winds over the Great Lakes could push more smoke into the Northeast, which could keep skies hazy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The hazy love melody “Tremenda,” for example, underscores an intense yearning for connection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
An image flickered in his brain, like a hazy still from a reel of film.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
While the conveyor belt helps create a pretty clear link between El Niño and wildfire activity in the Southern U.S., the picture up north is hazier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The skies were hazier when he lived closer to Houston, Gonzalez said, and he isn’t worried.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
But as the finish line got closer, the verdicts became hazier.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2024
Well, this is where things get a little hazier.
From Salon ● May 9, 2023
Woo’s tiny form gets increasingly hazier with every passing second.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
The Golden State is home to four of the national parks with the haziest skies, with Sequoia and Kings Canyon — which are contiguous — once again claiming the ignominious top slot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
But the youngest actors have the haziest relationship with AIDS, informed by the mass media of their childhood.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2019
And, more importantly, they had only the haziest idea of who to hold responsible.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2013
And Jimmer was Jimmer, capable of carpet-bombing the best teams, but Gonzaga never had the haziest answer.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2012
I have only the haziest recollection of waving at my mother and sister in a rising cloud of diesel exhaust and mosquitoes as they began their slow, permanent exodus from the Congo.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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