hazed

English

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Verb

hazed

1. simple past and past participle of haze

Adjective

hazed (comparative more hazed, superlative most hazed)

1. Affected by haze; hazy.
   • 1923, John Aitken, Cargill Gilston Knott (editor), Collected Scientific Papers of John Aitken, LL.D., F.R.S.

     With W., N.W., and N. winds the air is very clear, whereas from all other directions it is very much hazed. All winds from E. by S. to SW are nearly ten times more hazed than those from the NW quadrant.

   • 2004, Matthew McGuire, Dreams Of Hope‎^[1], page 37:

     The images of reality become more and more hazed, more and more dim. Hibernation pulls him away. Floating, the nightmare returns.

   • 2008, A. J. Hampton, Hostile Devotions, unnumbered page,

     As she rocked against him, she couldn′t stop watching his murky eyes grow even more hazed.

2. (of a photograph) Clouded, especially due to accidental exposure to light.
3. (Australia, slang) Drunk.

Synonyms

• (affected by haze): cloudy, foggy; see also Thesaurus:nebulous
• (clouded): blurry, overexposed; see also Thesaurus:indistinct
• (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk