haze
[noun]
Synonyms: mist, cloud, fog, obscurity, vapour

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Contrasted words: alertness, attentiveness, awareness
Related Words: cloud, drisk, fog, murk, smeech, smog, smoke, vapor, cloudiness, mistiness, murkiness, smokiness, dream, reverie, stupor, trance, absentmindedness, abstraction, bemusement, preoccupation, woolgathering

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English Thesaurus: cloud, fog, mist, haze, smog, ...

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I. haze¹ /heɪz/ noun [singular, uncountable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Probably from hazy]

1. smoke, dust, or mist in the air which is difficult to see through
haze of
a haze of cigarette smoke
The sun was surrounded by a golden haze.

2. the feeling of being very confused and unable to think clearly:
a drunken haze

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II. haze² verb [transitive]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Probably from haze 'to frighten, punish' (17-19 centuries), from Old French haser]
American English to play tricks on a new student or to make them do silly or dangerous things, as part of joining the school or a club at the school
—hazing noun [uncountable]:
bizarre hazing rituals
haze over phrasal verb
to become hazy:
The sky hazed over.

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haze
noun
ADJ. thick a thick haze of smoke
faint, thin The sun now had a faint golden haze around it.
shimmering | heat A heat haze shimmered above the fields.
HAZE + VERB hang, shimmer In the evenings a blue haze hung in the valleys.
PREP. in a/the ~ Meetings are always conducted in a haze of cigarette smoke.
through a/the ~ He watched the world through a haze of tobacco smoke.

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cloud noun [uncountable and countable] a white or grey mass in the sky that forms from very small drops of water:
The storm was still a way off but black clouds were gathering.
Thick cloud obscured the top of the hill.
fog noun [uncountable and countable] very thick cloud near the ground which is difficult to see through:
The cars crashed into each other in thick fog.
The fog had lifted (=disappeared)slightly.
mist noun [uncountable and countable] light cloud near the ground that makes it difficult for you to see very far. Mist is usually not as thick as fog. You often get mist near areas of water or mountains:
The morning mist was lifting and the sun was coming up.
A grey mist hung over the water.
The hills were shrouded in mist (=surrounded by mist).
haze noun [singular, uncountable] smoke, dust, or mist in the air which is difficult to see through:
He saw the horses coming towards him through a haze of dust.
The road shimmered in the heat haze.
A pale blue haze hung over the far-off mountains.
smog noun [uncountable and countable] dirty air that looks like a mixture of smoke and fog, caused by smoke from cars and factories in cities:
The city is covered in smog for much of the year.
A smog warning was issued for parts of Southern Oregon.
thundercloud noun [countable] a large dark cloud that you see before or during a storm:
He watched the thunderclouds roll across the valley.
vapour trail British English, vapor trail American English noun [countable] the white line that is left in the sky by a plane:
High overhead, a jet left its vapour trail across the blue sky.

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haze
̈ɪheɪz
See: in a fog or in a haze

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