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
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
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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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Although Jerry Garcia cast the longest shadow across the legend of the Dead with his dark, complexly melodic songs and his hazy, frayed vocals, Weir’s shadow was more translucent, melodically lighter and rhythmically astute.—
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What the new blueprint looks like is still hazy, and there isn’t just one way anymore.—
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By becoming the light in a darkened world, everyone becomes a firefly that helps to illuminate the way back home to each other.—
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Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.—
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After the clouded lens was extracted, surgeons implanted a clear, artificial replacement to restore 20/20 vision.—
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Although Singapore’s economy is expected to hold up relatively well this year, officials cautioned that the growth outlook remains clouded for 2026.—
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“Hazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hazed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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