to dislimn

Examples

• All

• His surfaces shift and dislimn; the stains change, become indistinct; no shapes hold, no colors are stable.

  Fiction book (1998)

• As he did, the image broke up, dislimned, evaporated.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Now they made headlines, glowing in nasty lime green, of the most stupid or cruel things she had ever said, and now dislimned into portraits of dead faces, green on black.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The fog rolled in and dislimned the mountains, making them appear ghostly and far away.

• As twilight descended, the details of the landscape began to dislimn, blending into shadows and soft hues.

Synonyms

B

to blur

vsto dislimn

61 3.6

To make something hard to see or understand

focuses more on wiping or removing outlines rather than only smudging

B

to blot out

vsto dislimn

8 5.4

Hide something so you cannot see it or remember it

can mean erasing outlines rather than merely hiding them

E

to efface

vsto dislimn

2 8.1

To remove something so it is no longer visible or remembered

also covers partial blurring or fading of outlines not only full removal

D

to deaden

vsto dislimn

1 6.1

To make an outline, sound, or feeling less clear

is more specifically about altering edges rather than only weakening

B

to blear

vsto dislimn

9.9

To make the edges of things look dim or blurred

leans more toward erasing outlines instead of mere dimming

D

to defocus

vsto dislimn

6.1

To make a photo or view blurry and not clear

is broader including removing outlines not only optical blurring

B

to bedim

vsto dislimn

9.9

To make something, like light and memory, less bright or clear

tends to remove or soften outlines rather than just darken

Antonyms

D

to define

252 1.0

To make the shape or edges of something clear

C

to clarify

248 3.3

To make something clear so others can understand it

How Indistinct

to erase

144 1.6

to dislimn

• Archaic

9.9

to blur

61 3.6

to obscure

86 7.0

to soften

50 3.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology