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blurred
adjective
1 blurred
Indistinct or hazy in outline:
— A landscape of blurred outlines.
synonyms: bleary, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy.
Roget 447:
invisible,
imperceptible;
undiscernible†,
indiscernible;
unapparent,
non-apparent;
out of sight,
not in sight;
a perte de vue [Fr.];
behind the scenes,
behind the curtain;
viewless,
sightless;
inconspicuous,
unconspicuous†;
unseen
etc.
(see)
etc.
441;
covert
etc.
(latent)
526;
eclipsed,
under an eclipse.
dim
etc.
(faint)
422;
mysterious,
dark,
obscure,
confused;
indistinct,
indistinguishable;
shadowy,
indefinite,
undefined;
ill-defined,
ill-marked;
blurred,
fuzzy,
out of focus;
misty
etc.
(opaque)
426;
delitescent†.
hidden,
obscured,
covered,
veiled
(concealed)
528.
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Polish: nieprzejrzysty, nieostry, rozlany, rozmazany, zamazany, niejasny, mętny
2 blurred
Unclear in form or expression:
— The blurred aims of the group.
synonym: clouded.
Moby thesaurus: aleatoric, aleatory, amorphic, amorphous, anarchic, baggy, blear, bleared, bleary, blobby, blurry, breathy, broad, chance, chancy, chaotic, characterless, choked, choking, confused, croaking, dark, dim, disordered, disorderly, drawling, drawly, dysphonic, faint, featureless, feeble, filmy, foggy, formless, fuzzy, general, guttural, half-seen, half-visible, harsh, hawking, hazy, hit-or-miss, hoarse, ill-defined, imprecise, inaccurate, inarticulate, inchoate, incoherent, inconspicuous, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminable, indeterminate, indistinct, indistinguishable, inexact, inform, kaleidoscopic, lax, lisping, loose, low-profile, lumpen, merely glimpsed, mispronounced, misty, muzzy, nasal, nondescript, nonspecific, obscure, orderless, out of focus, pale, quavering, random, semivisible, shadowed forth, shadowy, shaking, shaky, shapeless, snuffling, stifled, stochastic, strangled, sweeping, thick, throaty, tremulous, twangy, uncertain, unclear, undefined, undestined, undetermined, unordered, unorganized, unplain, unrecognizable, unspecified, vague, veiled, velar, weak ... show more.
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;
spots on the sun†;
eyesore.
stain,
blot;
spot,
spottiness;
speck,
speckle,
blur.
tarnish,
smudge;
dirt
etc.
653.
[blemish on a person's skin: list]
freckle,
mole,
macula [Anat.],
patch,
blotch,
birthmark;
blobber lip†,
blubber lip;
blain†,
maculation;
scar,
wem†;
pustule;
whelk;
excrescence,
pimple
etc.
(protuberance)
250.
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Roget 874:
disrepute,
discredit;
ill repute,
bad repute,
bad name,
bad odor,
bad favor,
ill name,
ill odor,
ill favor;
disapprobation
etc.
932;
ingloriousness,
derogation;
abasement,
debasement;
abjectness
etc.
adj.;
degradation,
dedecoration†;
a long farewell to all my greatness
[Henry VIII];
odium,
obloquy,
opprobrium,
ignominy.
dishonor,
disgrace;
shame,
humiliation;
scandal,
baseness,
vileness†;
turpitude
etc.
(improbity)
940†;
infamy.
tarnish,
taint,
defilement,
pollution.
stain,
blot,
spot,
blur,
stigma,
brand,
reproach,
imputation,
slur.
crying shame,
burning shame;
scandalum magnatum [Lat.],
badge of infamy,
blot in one's escutcheon;
bend sinister,
bar sinister;
champain†,
point champain†;
byword of reproach;
Ichabod.
argumentum ad verecundiam [Lat.];
sense of shame
etc.
879.
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Dutch: vervagen, vaag, veeg
verb
1 blur
2 blur
To make less distinct or clear.
3 blur
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,
molder;
go bad
etc.
adj..
render unclean
etc.
adj.;
dirt,
dirty;
daub,
blot,
blur,
smudge,
smutch†,
soil,
smoke,
tarnish,
slaver,
spot,
smear;
smirch;
begrease†;
dabble,
drabble†,
draggle,
daggle†;
spatter,
slubber;
besmear
&c.,
bemire,
beslime†,
begrime,
befoul;
splash,
stain,
distain†,
maculate,
sully,
pollute,
defile,
debase,
contaminate,
taint,
leaven;
corrupt
etc.
(injure)
659;
cover with dust
etc.
n.;
drabble in the mud†;
roil.
wallow in the mire;
slobber,
slabber†.
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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, blot, blotch, blur distinctions, blurriness, brand, broad arrow, censure, champain, cloud, cloudiness, conceal, confound, confuse, dab, darken, darkness, daub, defocus, deform, dim, dimness, dirty, discolor, disorder, disparagement, distort, efface, eyesore, faintness, feebleness, film, filminess, fleck, flick, flyspeck, fog, fog up, fogginess, fuzz, fuzziness, half-visibility, haze, haziness, hide, imputation, indefiniteness, indistinctness, indistinguishability, jumble, jumble together, lose resolution, low profile, macula, maculation, macule, mark, mark of Cain, mask, mess up, mist, mistiness, mix, muddle, muddy, obfuscate, obscure, obscurity, odium, onus, overlook distinctions, pale, paleness, patch, pillorying, point champain, reflection, reprimand, reproach, scorch, sear, semivisibility, shadowiness, singe, slubber, slur, smear, smirch, smoke, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soft focus, soften, soil, spatter, speck, speckle, splash, splatter, splotch, spot, stain, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, stigmatize, taint, tar, tarnish, tumble, uncertainty, unclearness, unform, unplainness, unshape, vague appearance, vagueness, veil, weaken, weakness ... show more.
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