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blur

Nouns

• (n) a hazy or indistinct representation
  • it happened so fast it was just a blur
  • he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz
  fuzz,

Verbs

• (v) become glassy; lose clear vision
  • Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep
  film over, glaze over,
• (v) to make less distinct or clear
  • The haze blurs the hills
• (v) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
  • Her remarks confused the debate
  • Their words obnubilate their intentions
  obnubilate, obscure, confuse,
• (v) make a smudge on; soil by smudging smudge, smutch, smear,
• (v) make dim or indistinct
  • The fog blurs my vision
  blear,
• (v) become vague or indistinct
  • The distinction between the two theories blurred
  slur, dim,

Synonyms

film over glaze over fuzz obnubilate obscure confuse smudge smutch smear blear slur dim

Antonyms

focus focalise focalize sharpen

See also

gloss over skate over skimp over slur over smooth over

Words of close approximity