blurred

blur  (blûr)

v. blurred, blur·ring, blurs

v.tr.

1. To make indistinct and hazy in outline or appearance; obscure.

2. To smear or stain; smudge.

3. To lessen the perception of; dim: "For street children . . . drugs offer the chance to blur their hopeless poverty" (Alma Guillermoprieto).

v.intr.

1. To become indistinct.

2. To make smudges or stains by smearing.

n.

1. A smear or blot; a smudge.

2. 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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blurri·ness n.

blurry adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	blurred - indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes" blurry, 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"
	2.	blurred - unclear in form or expression; "the blurred aims of the group"; "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded"- H.G.Wells clouded unclear - not clear to the mind; "the law itself was unclear on that point"; "the reason for their actions is unclear to this day"

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blurred

adjective

1. indistinct, faint, vague, unclear, dim, fuzzy, misty, hazy, foggy, blurry, out of focus, ill-defined, lacking definition blurred black and white photographs

2. indistinct, vague, unclear, fuzzy, hazy, indistinguishable, nebulous, ill-defined, indiscernible The line between fact and fiction is becoming blurred.

Translations

blurred [blɜːd] ADJ

1. [outline etc] → borroso, poco nítido
a blurred photo → una foto movida or desenfocada

2. (fig) [memory] → borroso
to be/become blurred → estar/volverse borroso
class distinctions are becoming blurred → las diferencias de clase se están difuminando

blurred [ˈblɜː^rd] adj

(= distorted) [vision, image] → flou(e)

(= unclear) [boundary, edge] → vague, indécis(e)

blurred [blɜːd] adj (TV) → sfuocato/a; (photo) → mosso/a