HAZED Synonyms: 159 Similar and Opposite Words

hazed 1 of 3

adjective

as in hazy

covered over by clouds hazed skies made the flat landscape look even duller

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hazed

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verb (1)

past tense of haze

as in taunted

to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults the roughnecks on the oil rig would haze the young man for his refined manners and educated speech

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hazed

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verb (2)

past tense of haze

as in obscured

to make dark, dim, or indistinct unfortunately, smog was hazing the view of the distant city skyline

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Teens allegedly hazed Jeremiah Hicks, a KCK resident who graduated from Washington High School in 2013, told board members that he was hazed by at least three district staff members, and other students, in a fraternity made for the school’s band. — Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026 One veteran who, as a Jew, did feel excluded in the military during the 1970s (when he was hazed and even beaten), is Mikey Weinstein. — Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026 This protects any historic facilities from being hazed or harassed by new neighbors. — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 25 Mar. 2026 Randy Walters said his child had been hazed at school over Afroman's posts and came home crying. — CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026 Randy Walters said his child had been hazed at school over Afroman’s posts and came home crying. — ABC News, 18 Mar. 2026 Olympia’s client is Diego Castillo, a firefighter who claims that he was mercilessly mocked and hazed by his peers after bringing his husband to a company cookout. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025 As a new guide, I got hazed endlessly. — Corey Buhay, Outside, 19 Nov. 2025 Jason Bateman is recalling how his older castmates hazed him on the set of the 1970s drama Little House on the Prairie. — Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hazed

Adjective

Its beers such as Easy Eddy, a hazy India pale ale, have won awards.

— Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026
Some cleaners can also dull floors or leave a hazy residue on the surface.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of hazy

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The rivalry between the two stars dates back to the 2023 NCAA women’s national championship game, when Reese's LSU Tigers defeated Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes and Reese famously, and without class, taunted Clark in the closing moments.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
The older Green Lantern taunted the alien so much, that the creature detonated itself, blowing a hole into the side of the jail.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of taunted

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The lack of a unified Democratic agenda, and the president’s usual reluctance to stay on message, has obscured the trend running under everything.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
She was held up as the pop cultural equivalent of a saint to a degree that sometimes obscured and distorted her creative drive and business acumen.

— Jewly Hight, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of obscured

Adjective

This trend has been pretty pervasive among designer bags recently, with shoppers buying new Prada and Chanel bags with darkened leather to give them a used look, or sourcing vintage Celine bags with obvious signs of wear.

— Irene Richardson, InStyle, 2 July 2026
She’s talked up her push to convert darkened streetlights, many of them stripped of their copper wire, to solar power.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026

Definition of darkened

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West first teased the album in March 2020, initially targeting a summer release, just as the COVID-19 pandemic upended the music industry and the rhythms of live performance.

— Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Meet Lucia and Jason We've been teased for over a year now that our main duo, Lucia and Jason, are criminals, with Lucia recently being an inmate at the Leonida Penitentiary.

— Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of teased

Adjective

Deravi’s team is focused on the Pieridae family of butterflies, which includes examples like the clouded sulfur (Colias philodice) and cabbage white (Pieris rapae).

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026
Symptoms include eye pain, a sensation of something being stuck in the eye, watering, light sensitivity, redness, irritation and blurred or clouded vision.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of clouded

Verb

Barney & Friends, the enormously popular and widely mocked PBS series about a singing, dancing purple dinosaur, is the obvious touchstone for the children’s-show-as-hellscape in the new movie Buddy.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Trump has all but severed America’s system of alliances, mocked and bullied Ukraine’s president, and showered praise upon Kim Jong Un.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

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