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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
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 maths → tengo las matemáticas poco claras or un poco confusas I'm hazy about what happened → tengo solamente una vaga idea de lo que ocurrió, no recuerdo muy bien lo que ocurrió hazy adj (+er) day, morning, weather → dunstig, diesig; sunshine, sky → trübe; view → verschwommen; the hazy horizon → der im Dunst liegende Horizont; hazy blue → blassblau (= blurred) outline, vision, surroundings → verschwommen (= confused) notion, details, memory → unklar, vage; to have only a hazy notion/idea of something → nur unklare or vage Vorstellungen von etw haben; I have only a hazy memory of her → ich erinnere mich nur dunkel or vage an sie; I’m a bit hazy about that → ich bin mir nicht ganz im Klaren darüber; I’m hazy about what really happened → ich weiß nicht so genau, was wirklich passiert ist; my memory’s a little hazy on this → ich 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It was one of these covered days of fitful sunshine, of light, unsteady winds, with a swell from the westward, and hazy in general, but with the land about the Cape at times distinctly visible. His hazy awareness was no more than an awareness of something--which, by the way, corresponds very fairly with the hazy awareness of the average human of the mysteries of birth and death and of the beyondness about which they have no definiteness of comprehension. This smoke (or flame, perhaps, would be the better word for it) was so bright that the deep blue sky overhead and the hazy stretches of brown common towards Chertsey, set with black pine trees, seemed to darken abruptly as these puffs arose, and to remain the darker after their dispersal. |
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