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.

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

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

blur′ri·ness n.

blur′ry adj.

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blur•ry

(ˈblɜr i)

adj. -ri•er, -ri•est.

blurred; indistinct.

blur′ri•ly, adv.

blur′ri•ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

blurry - indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes"

blurred, muzzy, bleary, foggy, fuzzy, hazy

indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"

blurry

adjective

Covered by or as if by a thin coating or film:

cloudy, dim, filmy, hazy, misty.

Translations

blurry

[ˈblɜːri] adj (= blurred) [vision, image] → flou(e)

blurry

adj (+er) outline, photograph → verschwommen, unscharf; vision → verschwommen; view → verschleiert

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blurry

[ˈblɜːrɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → confuso/a, indistinto/a