Blur synonyms and antonyms
blûr
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Part of speech:
To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
To embarrass; disconcert; abash
Obscure is defined as to make confusing or hard to see.
(Intransitive) To become dirty or soiled.
To make dirty; smudge
To obfuscate is to confuse someone, or to obscure the meaning of something.
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To blur (a surface or an outline)
To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse.
To cover or obscure with clouds:
To dry by soaking up the wet liquid, as with blotting paper
To cover, daub, or soil with something greasy, sticky, or dirty
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shade (related)
To protect or screen from light or heat
dirty (related)
To make (something) dirty.
To make (the eyes or the vision) dim; darken or obscure
To splash or mark, as with blobs
To mar or spoil the appearance or shape of; deform.
To be covered with fog.
mackle
To become blurred.
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macule
(Printing) To blur; especially to blur or double an impression from type.
Mask is defined as to cover up, conceal, disguise or hide.
To characterize or brand as disgraceful or ignominious.
Sully is defined as to spoil or stain, or to disgrace.
Taint is defined as to make something decay or cause it to be impure.
clear (antonym)
To remove (objects or obstructions):
unsmudge (antonym)
cloud, fog
clean (antonym)
In a clean or nonpolluting manner:
cleanse (antonym)
To treat with a regimen intended to remove impurities and promote health:
clarify (antonym)
To clarify is defined as to purify a liquid to make it clear or to remove something.
purify (antonym)
Purify means to make something clean or free from impurities.
To darken with or as if with clouds; obscure:
To make obscure or muddled; confuse; bewilder
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The partial or total blocking of light of one celestial object by another. An eclipse of the Sun or Moon occurs when the Earth, Moon, and Sun are aligned. &diamf3; In a solar eclipse the Moon comes between the Sun and Earth. During a total solar eclipse the disk of the Moon fully covers that of the Sun, and only the Sun's corona is visible. &diamf3; An annular eclipse occurs when the Moon is farthest in its orbit from the Earth so that its disk does not fully cover that of the Sun, and part of the Sun's photosphere is visible as a ring around the Moon. &diamf3; In a lunar eclipse all or a part of the Moon's disk enters the umbra of the Earth's shadow and is no longer illuminated by the Sun. Lunar eclipses occur only during a full moon, when the Moon is directly opposite the Sun.
(Intransitive) to look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
To spray the leaves of (a houseplant) with water from a mister
To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
To cast a shadow over; darken or obscure.
(Archaic) To shelter from light or heat
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Very loose, light particles of down, wool, etc.; fine hairs or fibers
To run together; to articulate poorly.
To make unclear, indistinct, vague, etc.
film over
become glassy; lose clear vision
To gloss over
focus (antonym)
To bring into focus
unshape
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bleariness
The characteristic of being bleary.
unform
blurry (related)
out of focus (related)
distorted (related)
indistinct (related)
fade (related)
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grainy (related)
soft focus (related)
pixelated (related)
hazy (related)
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