Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Marked by the presence of haze; misty.
  • adjective Unclear, confused, or uncertain.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Opaque with haze; obscured by light fog or smoke; dull; misty: used with reference to the state of the atmosphere, or to atmospheric effects, as in a picture: as, a hazy morning; a hazy landscape.
  • Lacking distinctness; obscure; vague; confused: applied to thought and expression: as, a hazy reasoner; a hazy proposition.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze; not clear or transparent.
  • adjective Obscure; confused; not clear

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze.
  • adjective Not clear or transparent.
  • adjective Obscure; confused; not clear; as, a hazy argument; a hazy intellect.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective filled or abounding with fog or mist
  • adjective indistinct or hazy in outline

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Origin unknown.]

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haze +‎ -y

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