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Adjective blurred has 2 senses
- bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy - indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes"
Antonym: distinct (indirect, via indistinct)
- blurred, clouded - unclear in form or expression; "the blurred aims of the group"; "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded"- H.G.Wells
Antonym: clear (indirect, via unclear)
Verb blur has 6 senses
- film over, glaze over, blur - become glassy; lose clear vision; "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep"
Sample sentence:
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- blur - to make less distinct or clear; "The haze blurs the hills"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: focus
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate - make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- smear, blur, smudge, smutch - make a smudge on; soil by smudging
--4 is one way to rub
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- blur, blear - make dim or indistinct; "The drug blurs my vision"
--5 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- blur, dim, slur - become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
--6 is one way to weaken
Antonyms: focus, focalize, focalise
Sample sentence:
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