Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Indistinct or unclear in appearance: Hazy describes something that is not clearly visible, often due to atmospheric conditions like mist, fog, or heat, making outlines soft, blurred, or vague.
   • Confused, uncertain, or lacking clarity: Hazy can describe thoughts, memories, or ideas that are not clear, definite, or well-remembered.

Usage

• Use "hazy" to describe weather or visibility conditions where the air is not clear.
• Use "hazy" to describe mental states where details are unclear or memories are vague.
• It is often used with nouns like "day," "memory," "idea," "view," or "outline."

Examples

• Describing weather or visibility:
  • The mountains were just hazy shapes in the distance.
  • We woke up to a hazy morning filled with fog.
• Describing thoughts or memories:
  • My recollection of that event is quite hazy.
  • He had only a hazy idea of how the machine worked.

Advanced Usage

• "Hazy about": Uncertain or unclear about specific details.
  • I'm still a bit hazy about the exact instructions.
• "Hazy with": Describing an atmosphere filled with a substance causing blurriness.
  • The room was hazy with cigarette smoke.

Variants and Related Words

• Haze (noun): A slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere, typically caused by fine suspended particles.
  • A heat haze shimmered above the road.
• Hazily (adverb): In an indistinct or vague manner.
  • He remembered the day only hazily.
• Haziness (noun): The quality or state of being hazy.
  • The haziness of the photograph made it hard to identify anyone.

Synonyms

• Blurry: Lacking sharpness; indistinct.
• Foggy: Filled with or resembling fog; mentally unclear.
• Misty: Full of or covered with mist; dim.
• Vague: Of uncertain or indefinite character; not clear in thought or expression.
• Indistinct: Not clear or sharply defined.

Antonyms

• Clear: Easy to perceive, understand, or see through.
• Distinct: Recognizably different; clearly perceptible.
• Sharp: Having a clear outline or detail.

Idioms and Phrases

• Hazy memory: A memory that is not clear or distinct.
  • I have only a hazy memory of my first day at school.
• Hazy days: Days, often in summer, characterized by reduced visibility due to heat and humidity.
  • We spent the hazy days of August by the lake.

Adjective

1. indistinct or hazy in outline
   • a landscape of blurred outlines
   • the trees were just blurry shapes
2. filled or abounding with fog or mist
   • a brumous October morning