blurriness

blur

 (blûr)

v. blurred, blur·ring, blurs

v.tr.

1. To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance; obscure: The haze blurred the skyline.

2. To make dim, unclear, or cloudy: The smoke blurred my vision.

3. To cause to be intellectually indistinguishable: New thinking has blurred the divisions between disciplines.

v.intr.

1. To become visually indistinct: The faces blurred in the crowd.

2. To be unclear or clouded: His vision blurred as the drug took effect.

3. To become intellectually indistinguishable: TV commercials and shows seem to blur into one another.

n.

Something that is hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind.

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[Probably akin to Middle English bleren, to blear.]

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blur′ri·ness n.

blur′ry adj.

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Noun

1.

blurriness - the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines fuzziness, indistinctness, fogginess, softness opaqueness, opacity - the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light dimness, faintness - the quality of being dim or lacking contrast vagueness - indistinctness of shape or character; "the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner"

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