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hazy
English
Etymology
From earlier hawsey (1625), a nautical term of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English *hasi, *haswy, from Old English haswi? (“grey; ashen; dusky”), from Old English hasu (“dusky; grey; ashen”), from Proto-Germanic *haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *?eh?s- (“bright grey”), surface analysis as haze +? -y; although Modern English haze is more likely a back-formation of hazy.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?he?zi/
- Rhymes: -e?zi
Adjective
hazy (comparative hazier, superlative haziest)
- Thick or obscured with haze.
- a hazy view of the polluted city street
- Not clear or transparent.
- Obscure; confused; not clear.
- a hazy argument
- a hazy intellect
Synonyms
- (thick with haze): hazed; see also Thesaurus:nebulous
- (not clear or transparent): blurry, fuzzy, ill-defined; see also Thesaurus:indistinct
- (obscure, confused): ambiguous, equivocal; see also Thesaurus:vague
Derived terms
- hazily
- haziness
Translations
Further reading
- hazy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- hazy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- yazh
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sunless
English
Etymology
sun +? -less
Adjective
sunless (comparative more sunless, superlative most sunless)
- Without the sun or sunshine; shaded; shadowed.
- (figuratively) Dreary, cheerless.
- 1857, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 18, in The Professor:
- When I first saw her, her countenance was sunless, her complexion colourless; she looked like one who had no source of enjoyment, no store of bliss anywhere in the world.
- 1857, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 18, in The Professor:
Derived terms
- sunlessly
- sunlessness
Translations
Anagrams
- unlesss
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