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blur

noun

1 blur

A hazy or indistinct representation:
— It happened so fast it was just a blur.

synonym: fuzz.

Roget 848: blemish, disfigurement, deformity; adactylism; flaw, defect etc. (imperfection) 651; injury etc. (deterioration) 659; ... show more

Roget 874: disrepute, discredit; ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor; disapprobation etc. 932; ingloriousness, ... show more

Dutch: vervagen, vaag, veeg

verb

1 blur

Become glassy; lose clear vision.

synonyms: film over, glaze over.

2 blur

To make less distinct or clear.

3 blur

Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred.

synonyms: confuse, obnubilate, obscure.

4 blur

Make a smudge on; soil by smudging.

synonyms: smear, smudge, smutch.

Roget 653: be unclean, become unclean etc. adj.; rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek; stink etc. 401; mold, ... show more

5 blur

Make dim or indistinct:
— The fog blurs my vision.

synonym: blear.

Dutch: vervagen, bevlekken

6 blur

Become vague or indistinct:
— The distinction between the two theories blurred.

synonyms: dim, slur.

Dutch: bekladden, vervagen


Moby thesaurus: aspersion, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, becloud, bedaub, bedim, befog, bend sinister, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, bestain, black eye, black mark, blacken, blear, bleariness, bloodstain ... show more.

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