I. verb
Synonyms: obscure , becloud, befog, cloud, dim, fog, mist, murk, overcast, overcloud
II. noun
1.
an atmospheric condition that is characterized by the presence of fine particulate material in the air and that deprives the air of its transparency
haze obscured the distant hills
Synonyms: brume, film, mist, smaze
Related Word: cloud, ||drisk, fog, murk, ||smeech, smog, smoke, vapor; cloudiness, mistiness, murkiness, smokiness
2.
a state of mental vagueness or obtuseness
lived in a haze of pleasant memories
Synonyms: befuddlement, daze, fog, ||maze, muddledness, muddleheadedness, muddlement
Related Word: dream, reverie, stupor, trance; absentmindedness, abstraction, bemusement, preoccupation, woolgathering
Contrasted words: alertness, attentiveness, awareness