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hazy
(redirected from haziest)

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haz·y  (hz)
adj. haz·i·er, haz·i·est
1. Marked by the presence of haze; misty: hazy sunshine.
2. Unclear, confused, or uncertain: I have only a hazy notion of what she wants. I'm a bit hazy on the new budget.

[Origin unknown.]

hazi·ly adv.
hazi·ness n.

hazy [ˈheɪzɪ]
adj -zier, -ziest
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) characterized by reduced visibility; misty
2. indistinct; vague
[of unknown origin]
hazily  adv
haziness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.hazy - filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning"
cloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"
2.hazy - indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes"
indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"

hazy
adjective
1. misty, faint, dim, dull, obscure, veiled, smoky, cloudy, foggy, overcast, blurry, nebulous The air was filled with hazy sunshine and frost.
misty clear, light, bright, sunny
2. vague, uncertain, unclear, muddled, fuzzy, indefinite, loose, muzzy, nebulous, ill-defined, indistinct I have only a hazy memory of what he was like.
vague clear, detailed, certain, well-defined
Translations
hazy [ˈheɪzɪ] ADJ (hazier (compar) (haziest (superl)))
1. (= not clear) [sunshine, morning, view, horizon, sky] (due to mist) → brumoso, neblinoso; (due to heat) → calinoso
it's a bit hazy today (due to mist) → hoy hay un poco de neblina or bruma; (due to heat) → hoy hay un poco de calima
2. (= confused, uncertain) [notion, details] → confuso; [memory] → vago, confuso; [ideas] → poco claro, confuso
I'm a bit hazy about mathstengo las matemáticas poco claras or un poco confusas
I'm hazy about what happenedtengo solamente una vaga idea de lo que ocurrió, no recuerdo muy bien lo que ocurrió
3. (= blurred) [outline, vision] → borroso; [photograph] → nublado
hazy [ˈheɪzi] adj
[day, afternoon] → brumeux/euse; [sunshine] → voilé(e)
[idea, memory] → vague
to be hazy about sth
He's rather hazy about the details → Il n'a qu'une vague idée des détails.
[outline, view] → flou(e)
H-bomb [ˈeɪtʃbɒm] nbombe f H
hazy
adj (+er)
day, morning, weatherdunstig, diesig; sunshine, skytrübe; viewverschwommen; the hazy horizonder im Dunst liegende Horizont; hazy blueblassblau
(= blurred) outline, vision, surroundingsverschwommen
(= confused) notion, details, memoryunklar, vage; to have only a hazy notion/idea of somethingnur unklare or vage Vorstellungen von etw haben; I have only a hazy memory of herich erinnere mich nur dunkel or vage an sie; I’m a bit hazy about thatich bin mir nicht ganz im Klaren darüber; I’m hazy about what really happenedich weiß nicht so genau, was wirklich passiert ist; my memory’s a little hazy on thisich kann mich nur dunkel or vage daran erinnern; she’s still (feeling) hazy (from the anaesthetic (Brit) or anesthetic (US)) → sie ist (von der Narkose) noch benommen
hazy [ˈheɪzɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (day) → di foschia; (weather) → caliginoso/a; (view) → indistinto/a; (photograph) → leggermente sfocato/a; (uncertain, person) → confuso/a; (unclear, memory, details, idea) → vago/a
hazy [ˈheɪzɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (day) → di foschia; (weather) → caliginoso/a; (view) → indistinto/a; (photograph) → leggermente sfocato/a; (uncertain, person) → confuso/a; (unclear, memory, details, idea) → vago/a


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