Antonyms for haze


Grammar : Noun
Spell : heyz
Phonetic Transcription : heɪz


Definition of haze

Origin :
  • "subject to cruel horseplay," 1850, American English student slang, from earlier nautical sense of "punish by keeping at unpleasant and unnecessary hard work" (1840), perhaps from hawze "terrify, frighten, confound" (1670s), from Middle French haser "irritate, annoy" (mid-15c.), of unknown origin. Related: Hazed; hazing.
  • All hands were called to "come up and see it rain," and kept on deck hour after hour in a drenching rain, standing round the deck so far apart as to prevent our talking with one another, with our tarpaulins and oil-cloth jackets on, picking old rope to pieces or laying up gaskets and robands. This was often done, too, when we were lying in port with two anchors down, and no necessity for more than one man on deck as a look-out. This is what is called "hazing" a crew, and "working their old iron up." [Dana, "Two Years before the Mast," 1842]
  • noun cloudy air
Example sentences :
  • Now ensued a spell of calm weather, with a film of haze over the sky.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • Or, at least, Mr. Bud might have later news of him than Mrs. Haze had.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
  • In the morning he made a swift breakfast, and was off to Mrs. Haze's.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
  • The haze was like a curtain all round us, and there were we three in the middle of it.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
  • There was a bit of a haze, and you could not see more than a few hundred yards.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
  • We have seen the haze of the land since daylight, but not land itself.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Half real, they seemed, and half imagined in a veil of haze.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • Richards tried to follow, but a haze was forming over his eyes.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • We were unable to get a noonday observation on account of the haze.
  • Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Through a haze of his own blood he stared, the fate of his enemy forgotten.
  • Extract from : « The End of Time » by Wallace West

Synonyms for haze

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