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The Meaning of blur

  • (v. t.) To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink.
  • (v. t.) To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
  • (v. t.) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
  • (n.) That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance.
  • (n.) A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.
  • (n.) A moral stain or blot.

Synonyms

fuzz , film over , glaze over , confuse , obscure , obnubilate , smear , smudge , smutch , blear , dim , slur

Antonyms

focus , focus , focus

Rhymes

amateur , bir , birr , bur , burr , chauffeur , chesshir , cofer , concur , confer , connoisseur , credeur , cur , defer , demur , der , derbyshire , deter , dirr , dufur , duhr , durr , entrepreneur , esquer , eure , fer , fir , fleur , fluhr , francoeur , fur , furr , furrh , gurr , her , hur , incur , infer , inter , jerr , ker , kerr , larkspur , liqueur , longspur , mccur , mcgirr , monsieur , murr , myrrh , nurre , occur , payeur , per , pere , prefer , pur , purr , ramseur , recur , redifer , refer , reoccur , restaurateur , saboteur , scher , schreur , schur , schurr , schwer , sher , shir , shirr , shur , shurr , sir , slur , spur , spurr , stir , stuhr , sur , swor , ter , thur , transfer , ur , were