blur
Other forms: blurred; blurring; blurs
To blur is to make or become unfocused and fuzzy. Crying hard can cause your vision to blur until you wipe your tears away.
Heavy smog or early morning fog can blur your view of the city, and two candidates' similar views can blur the differences between their political parties. In both cases, things become indistinct and hazy. You can also call the haze itself a blur: "The whole day was just a blur after the exciting news I got in the morning." In the 16th century, blur meant "smear on the surface of writing."
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make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
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make less distinct or clear
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make dim or indistinct
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make a smudge on; soil by smudging
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become vague or indistinct
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become glassy; lose clear vision
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synonyms:
film over, glaze over
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a hazy or indistinct representation“it happened so fast it was just a blur”
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synonyms:
fuzz
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type of:
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internal representation, mental representation, representation
a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
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internal representation, mental representation, representation
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Vocabulary lists containing blur
Here's an assortment of ambiguous words to describe situations and things that are not easy to understand. For more synonym lists, explore our Say What You Mean resources.
Afflicted with recurring cancer, Mark is determined to go on the adventure of a lifetime — so he runs away from home and attempts to climb Mount Rainier. As Mark confronts the challenges of the mountain, his best friend Jessie faces her own struggle: whether or not to reveal Mark's secret.
In his debut novel, award-winning writer Jason Reynolds tells the story of Ali, a teenager who tries to stay out of trouble in his gritty Brooklyn neighborhood. But when one of his friends is attacked, Ali is drawn into a real fight — with real consequences.
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