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haz·y

(hā′zē)

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.]

haz′i·ly adv.

haz′i·ness n.

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hazy

(ˈheɪzɪ)

adj, -zier or -ziest

1. (Physical Geography) characterized by reduced visibility; misty

2. indistinct; vague

[C17: of unknown origin]

ˈhazily adv

ˈhaziness n

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ha•zy

(ˈheɪ zi)

adj. -zi•er, -zi•est.

1. characterized by the presence of haze; misty.

2. vague; indefinite; confused: a hazy idea.

[1615–25; orig. uncertain]

ha′zi•ly, v.

ha′zi•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	hazy - filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning" brumous, misty, foggy 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" blurred, blurry, muzzy, bleary, foggy, fuzzy 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

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hazy

adjective

1. Covered by or as if by a thin coating or film:

blurry, cloudy, dim, filmy, misty.

2. Heavy, dark, or dense, especially with impurities:

murky, smoggy, turbid.

3. Not clearly perceived or perceptible:

blear, bleary, cloudy, dim, faint, foggy, fuzzy, indefinite, indistinct, misty, obscure, shadowy, unclear, undistinct, vague.

Translations

ضبابيغامِض

málo informovanýmlhavýzamlžený

disetuklarusikker

diesig dunstig verschwommen

brumeux vague

óskÿr, òokukennduróskÿr, óviss

colore tenue confuso fosco nebbioso

disig

meglen

açık olmayanbulanıkpuslusisli

模糊的雾蒙蒙的

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

3. (= blurred) [outline, vision] → borroso; [photograph] → nublado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

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] n → bombe f H

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

haze¹

(heiz) noun

a thin mist. The mountains were dim through the haze.

ˈhazy adjective

1. misty. a hazy view of the mountains.

2. not clear or certain. a hazy idea; I'm a bit hazy about what happened.

ˈhaziness noun

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