blurriness

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

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"