hazed
Put through initiation
Hazed is the past tense of haze, which has two distinct meanings.
To haze someone is to subject them to humiliating or abusive initiation rituals, especially in fraternities, sports teams, or military units: The freshmen were hazed by upperclassmen.
Separately, hazed describes something made hazy or indistinct: The valley was hazed with smoke.
Making a solemn promise
- fraternitySpirit of brotherly connection
- sororityWomen's collegiate social organization
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- inductionFormal admission process
rookies · newcomers · pledges · novices · neophytes · probationary · ordeal · tradition
Made hard to perceive
soft-focus · indistinct · unfocused · out of focus · diffused · gauzy · filmy · smeared
Lacking sense of direction
- bewilderedThoroughly puzzled and confused
- dazedShocked into mental fog
- befuddledMentally confused, disoriented
- muddledIn a confused state
perplexed · baffled · addled · stupefied · discombobulated · foggy · groggy · fuzzy-headed
Severe prolonged suffering
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- victimizationBeing made to suffer
mockery · taunting · ridicule · cruelty · coercion · harassment · degradation · belittling
misty
Obscured by vapor
murky · overcast · vaporous · dim · gloomy · soupy · gray · obscured · shrouded · veiled
pledging
Making a solemn promise
- fraternitySpirit of brotherly connection
- sororityWomen's collegiate social organization
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
induction · rookies · newcomers · pledges · novices · neophytes · probationary · ordeal · tradition · ceremony
obscured
Made hard to perceive
bleary · soft-focus · indistinct · unfocused · out of focus · diffused · gauzy · filmy · smeared · unclear
disoriented
Lacking sense of direction
- bewilderedThoroughly puzzled and confused
- dazedShocked into mental fog
- befuddledMentally confused, disoriented
muddled · perplexed · baffled · addled · stupefied · discombobulated · foggy · groggy · fuzzy-headed · punch-drunk
torment
Severe prolonged suffering
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
victimization · mockery · taunting · ridicule · cruelty · coercion · harassment · degradation · belittling · exclusion
- wrongedabused, mistreated, victimized, exploited, oppressed
hazedwelcomed
Received with pleasure
embraced · mentored · supported · nurtured · celebrated
- purple hazeViolet-tinted atmospheric conditions
- heat hazeOptical distortion from warmth
- hazy memoryIndistinct mental impression
- haze overBecome obscured by mist
- smoke hazeAirborne particulate obscuring visibility
- rookie hazingMistreatment of newcomers
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