hazy
adj.adj. not clear because of smoke, dust, or heat in the air. It can also describe a memory or idea that is not easy to remember or understand.
adj. characterised by the presence of haze in the atmosphere, reducing visibility. In a figurative sense, it describes mental states or recollections that lack clarity or distinctness.
The mountains look hazy in the summer heat.
I have a hazy memory of my first day at school, but I remember the red door.
The morning was particularly hazy, with a thick layer of smog obscuring the skyline and making the distant skyscrapers appear like ghostly silhouettes.
From earlier hawsey (1625), a nautical term of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle English hasi, haswy, from Old English haswiġ (“grey; ashen; dusky”), from Old English hasu (“dusky; grey; ashen”), from Proto-Germanic haswaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European ḱeh₂s- (“bright grey”). By surface analysis, haze + -y; although Modern English haze is more likely a back-formation of hazy.
Often used predicatively after linking verbs like 'look', 'become', or 'remain'.