different between overcast vs hazy
overcast
English
Etymology
From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- +? cast. Compare Swedish överkasta.
Pronunciation
- Adjective and noun
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ??v?-käst', IPA(key): /???v??k??st/
- (General American) enPR: ??v?r-k?st', IPA(key): /?o?v?.kæst/
- Verb
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?'v?-käst?, IPA(key): /???v??k??st/
- (General American) enPR: ?'v?r-k?st?, IPA(key): /?o?v??kæst/
- Rhymes: -??st
Noun
overcast (plural overcasts)
- (obsolete) An outcast.
- A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon; cloudy.
Adjective
overcast (comparative more overcast, superlative most overcast)
- Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
- (figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
Translations
Verb
overcast (third-person singular simple present overcasts, present participle overcasting, simple past and past participle overcast)
- (transitive, obsolete) To overthrow.
- (transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
- (transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be or become cloudy.
- (transitive, obsolete) To transform.
- (transitive, bookbinding) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
Translations
References
- overcast in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- overcast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- overacts
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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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