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1. Indistinct or hazy in outline
   "a landscape of blurred outlines";
   - bleary, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy
    
2. Unclear in form or expression
   "the blurred aims of the group";
   - clouded

1. Become glassy; lose clear vision
   "Her eyes blurred from lack of sleep";
   - film over, glaze over
    
2. To make less distinct or clear
   "The haze blurs the hills"
    
3. Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
   "Her remarks blurred the debate";
   - confuse, obscure, obnubilate
    
4. Make a smudge on; soil by smudging
   - smear, smudge, smutch
    
5. Make dim or indistinct
   "The fog blurs my vision";
   - blear [archaic]
    
6. Become vague or indistinct
   "The distinction between the two theories blurred";
   - dim, slur

See also: indistinct, muddy, unclear

Type of: alter, change, modify, rub, weaken

Antonym: focalise [Brit], focus, sharpen

Encyclopedia: Blurred