haze

a haze of misunderstanding

a faint haze of steam.

the sultry haze of late August.

Haze is often caused by heat.

A heat haze shimmered above the fields.

Let the polish dry to a haze before buffing it.

I couldn't see her through the haze of smoke.

He often lives in a haze of whisky.

The foothills were looming ahead through the haze.

a clump of islands, very green, but hazed in cloud and mist.