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to blur

to blur

20 3.7
To lose focus so that things look unclear
  • verb
  • /blɜr/
translation icon : nublarse
  • When it gets bad, your vision will blur and you'll find it hard to walk and talk.
  • blurred vision
  • blur the image

But those lines have completely blurred and they're also blurring.

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Examples

  • At first, Artus thought his vision was blurred by the tears of rage burning his eyes;

    Fiction book (1992)

  • After staring at the bright lights for too long, my vision started to blur and I struggled to see clearly.

  • And then from here, I'll just again, you can kind of blur your eyes and look where the shadows are really standing out.

  • That stuff will blur your vision and slur your speech.

    Planes (2013)

  • Her vision is still blurred.

    Preacher's Kid (2010)

  • My vision was blurred, and my ears were ringing too loudly for me to think.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I have had acute migraine headaches and blurred vision since then.

    Fletch Lives (1989)

  • Ipa's eyes began to blur and her lungs labored to breathe the sooty air.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Tough guys play through the pain, heading back onto the field even with blurred vision, throbbing temples, and stumbling steps.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The intense headache caused my surroundings to blur, making it difficult to focus on anything.

Synonyms

to glaze over
vsto blur
11 5.3

Eyes look shiny and unfocused when a person is tired or bored

is a general loss of visual clarity not caused by tiredness
to unfocus
vsto blur
1 7.4

To make your eyes or attention less clear

is often an involuntary loss of visual clarity rather than a deliberate action
to film over
vsto blur
1 7.3

To become covered with a thin layer that makes eyes or glass look cloudy

is loss of sight clarity not necessarily caused by a surface coating
to blear
vsto blur
9.9

To make the edges of things look dim or blurred

is a change in sight itself rather than something done to it
to misfocus
vsto blur
  • Specialized
7.4

To make a photo or image blurry by not adjusting the camera lens

is a natural loss of sight clarity rather than a wrong optical adjustment

Antonyms

to focus
∞ 2.6

To direct attention or thoughts toward something specific

Phrasal Verbs

to blur the line
6 6.7

To make the difference between two things hard to see

How Blurry

to blind
104 3.7
to blur
20 3.7
to unfocus
1 7.4

Surface Forms

blur infinitive
blurred past
blurred past participle
blurring present participle
blurs third person singular

Etymology

When your eyes blur, the world looks smeared or soft; the old sense of a 'smear' helps explain why blur means your sight becomes unclear.