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DictionaryhazeAtmospheric cloudiness
noun

haze

HAYZ/heɪz/

A thin cloudiness that reduces clear visibility.

A thin haze hangs over the city and softens the distant skyline.

A city skyline softened by a thin veil of airborne haze.
Etymology

Haze probably arose from the earlier nautical adjective hazy, whose origin is unknown. The noun named atmospheric opacity—the obscuring effect of particles or moisture in the air.

In context

Mama Africa Stories3:10
a wall of heat and smoke visibility was almost non-existent but his flashlight cut through the haze
An Inspiring Story of a Firefighter's Heroic Acts During the Los Angeles Fire

More examples

  • We can barely see the mountains through the summer haze.
  • Dust from the fields leaves a brown haze in the air.
  • The afternoon breeze clears the haze from the valley.

Forms

haze · hazes

hazy adjective — Slightly cloudy, making distant objects unclear.

Similar words

mist
Specifically consists of tiny water droplets suspended in air.
fog
Usually denser than haze, with tiny suspended water droplets.
smog
Refers specifically to air pollution that creates atmospheric cloudiness.