adjective
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characterized by reduced visibility; misty
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indistinct; vague
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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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Example Sentences
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I wanted it to feel not necessarily ethereal, but hazy, like you’re inside a bubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
After Trailseeker, the notion of an electric Subaru still seems a little hazy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The lazy hazy days of summer may feel like a distant memory as September shifts our energy back to business and forward to new adventures.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Trace that hazy glow toward its densest region, and you will be looking in the direction of the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Light from these ornate lanterns gave the room a hazy yellow glow, and thick, noxious incense filled my nose and stung my eyes.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Across oceans, perhaps early humans did wonder at the hazier skies and unusually vivid sunsets.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The Fed rate forecast for 2027, meanwhile, is even hazier.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
Tad looked at Rashid, then back at the blocked stairs and the hallway near it, which was hazier than it had been before.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
The haziest thing, however, remains whether George will play another second this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2022
I had only the haziest idea of what I might find there when I turned up at the Havana airport before dawn to catch a propeller plane.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2018
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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