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Haze

Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness.

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Beset 76% connected

of Beset

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Chevy 76% connected

See Chivy, v. t.

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Chivy 76% connected

To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch.

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Cloud 76% connected

A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.

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Confusedness 76% connected

A state of confusion.

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Confusion 76% connected

The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

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Disarray 76% connected

To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

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Harass 76% connected

To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens o…

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Harry 76% connected

To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land.

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Molest 76% connected

To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.

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Muddiness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.

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Overcast 76% connected

To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken.

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Plague 76% connected

That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.

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Provoke 76% connected

To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…

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Hazy 74% connected

Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze; not clear or transparent.

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Hazy 74% connected

Thick with haze; somewhat obscured with haze; not clear or transparent.

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Synonym 2

Daze 92% connected

To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.

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Fog 92% connected

A second growth of grass; aftergrass.

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