About The Word Haze

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Haze

Haze Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Haze?
[n] confusion characterized by lack of clarity
[n] atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility [v] harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions Synonyms | Synonyms for Haze: daze | fog Related Terms | Find terms related to Haze: absentmindedness | abstraction | banter | becloud | befog | befuddlement | bemist | bemusement | bewilderment | bother | botheration | chaff | chaos | clabber up | cloud | cloud over | cloud up | cloudiness | confusion | darken | darken over | daze | dim | discombobulation | discomfiture | discomposure | disconcertion | disorder | disorganization | disorientation | disturbance | dream | drisk | drizzling mist | embarrassment | encloud | enmist | film | flummox | flurry | fluster | flutter | fog | frenzy | frost smoke | fuddle | fuddlement | gauze | jape | jest | jive | joke | jolly | josh | jumble | kid | London fog | London special | maze | mess | mist | mistiness | muddle | muddleheadedness | muddlement | murk | murkiness | needle | nubilate | obnubilate | obscure | overcast | overcloud | overshadow | oversmoke | pea soup | pea-soup fog | peasouper | perplexity | perturbation | pother | preoccupation | pucker | put on | rag | rally | razz | reverie | rib | ride | roast | ruffle | shade | shadow | shuffle | smog | smoke | smokiness | stew | stupor | sweat | swivet | tease | tizzy | trance | twit | unsettlement | upset | vapor | woolgathering See Also | aerosol | confusion | disarray | harass | mental confusion | oppress | persecute Haze In Webster's Dictionary \Haze\, n. [Cf. Icel. h["o]ss gray; akin to AS. hasu,
heasu, gray; or Armor. a['e]zen, ['e]zen, warm vapor,
exhalation, zephyr.]
Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes
vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in
the air; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness.
O'er the sky The silvery haze of summer drawn.
--Tennyson.
Above the world's uncertain haze. --Keble.
\Haze\, v. i. To be hazy, or tick with haze. --Ray. \Haze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hazing}.] [Also {haze}.] [Cf. Sw. haza to hamstring, fr. has hough, OD. h[ae]ssen ham.] 1. To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work. 2. To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman. |
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