haze over

Become visually indistinct

When something hazes over, it becomes obscured or indistinct, as if covered by haze.

Eyes haze over with tears or fatigue; a clear sky hazes over before rain; a mirror hazes over with condensation.

Figuratively, the mind hazes over when thought becomes foggy or unfocused: My brain hazed over halfway through the lecture.

vision

blur

Lack of sharpness

  • fogLow-lying cloud cover
  • mistFine airborne moisture
  • cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass

dim · obscure · veil · shroud · film · smog · murk · gloom · screen · shadow

surface

cloud

Atmospheric water vapor mass

  • filmMovie or coating
  • fogLow-lying cloud cover
  • mistFine airborne moisture

steam · tarnish · dull · coat · blur · condensation · moisture · frost · smudge · residue

mental

fog

Low-lying cloud cover

  • confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
  • dazeBewildered mental state
  • blurLack of sharpness

muddle · stupor · bewilderment · disorientation · vagueness · blank · numbness · detachment · dissociation · spaciness

Opposites
visual clarity

haze overclear up

Resolve or brighten

clarify · sharpen · become clear · brighten · light up

mental clarity

haze overclarify

Make something understandable

sharpen · clear up · become clear · crystallize · focus

surface transparency

haze overclear

Without obstruction or fog

clear up · defog · demist · unclouded · wipe clean

Family

over, hazy, overcome, haze, overall, overtake, overcast, overwhelm, overlap

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