Synonyms for blur
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1. blur

   Whatever mars the beauty or completeness of an object is a blemish, whether original, as squinting eyes, or the result of accident or disease, etc., as the pits of smallpox. A blemish is superficial; a flaw or taint is in structure or substance. In the moral sense, we speak of a blot or stain upon reputation; a flaw or taint in character. A defect is the want or lack of something; fault, primarily a failing, is something that fails of an apparent intent or disappoints a natural expectation; thus a sudden dislocation or displacement of geological strata is called a fault. Figuratively, a blemish comes from one's own ill-doing; a brand or stigma is inflicted by others; as, the brand of infamy.

   Synonyms:
   blemish, blot, brand, crack, daub, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, fault, flaw, imperfection, injury, reproach, smirch, soil, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish

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1. blur, fuzzverb

   a hazy or indistinct representation

   "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"

   Synonyms:
   fuzz, bull, copper, pig, hair, tomentum, cop

   Antonyms:
   focus, sharpen, focalize, focalise

2. film over, glaze over, blurverb

   become glassy; lose clear vision

   "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep"

   Synonyms:
   smear, glass, glaze over, slur, blear, glass over, glaze, dim, smudge, obnubilate, obscure, confuse, film over, smutch

   Antonyms:
   focalize, focus, focalise, sharpen

3. blurverb

   to make less distinct or clear

   "The haze blurs the hills"

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

   Antonyms:
   focalize, sharpen, focus, focalise

4. confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilateverb

   make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

   "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

   Synonyms:
   fuddle, film over, slur, confound, befuddle, fog, fox, confuse, becloud, jumble, cloud, smutch, mix up, glaze over, flurry, bedim, blot out, dim, obscure, mist, throw, obliterate, haze over, overcloud, smear, hide, put off, smudge, befog, veil, disconcert, discombobulate, blear, bedevil, obnubilate

   Antonyms:
   focus, focalize, sharpen, focalise

5. smear, blur, smudge, smutchverb

   make a smudge on; soil by smudging

   Synonyms:
   besmirch, smudge, asperse, dim, smear, smutch, calumniate, confuse, denigrate, daub, film over, slander, slur, sully, glaze over, blear, smirch, defame, obscure, obnubilate

   Antonyms:
   sharpen, focus, focalize, focalise

6. blur, blearverb

   make dim or indistinct

   "The fog blurs my vision"

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

   Antonyms:
   focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen

7. blur, dim, slurverb

   become vague or indistinct

   "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

   Synonyms:
   smear, glaze over, smudge, slur, blear, dip, dim, obnubilate, obscure, blind, confuse, film over, smutch

   Antonyms:
   focalize, focalise, focus, sharpen

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1. blurnoun

   Synonyms:
   blot, stain, spot, blemish, soil, tarnish, defect

2. blurverb

   Synonyms:
   obscure, darken

3. blurverb

   Synonyms:
   tarnish, stain, blot, sully, spot, blemish

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1. blurnoun

   Synonyms:
   blot, indistinctness, mackle, macule

2. blurverb

   Synonyms:
   dim, bedim, obscure, sully, blemish, mackle, macule

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "blur":

   vagueness, blurring, confuse, soft

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1. Gabriel Christian Natale Hjorth:

   No, no, I -- I dont really remember too well, Finnegan Lee Elder was recorded saying when asked about the blindfold. I was, they had me waiting so long, Italian Carabinieri via AP kind of a blur.

2. Harmony Allen:

   I didn't even remember how I got back to base, everything just seemed like a blur. When I got in the shower, I saw the runs of blood just roll off me, the shower water turned red.

3. The Weeknd:

   Why not play with the character and the artist and let those lines blur and move around?

4. Timothy McVeigh:

   And I said, 'No way.' And then here is where it becomes a blur, Stephen.

5. Jay Williams:

   Eventually what OxyContin helped me with was just mentally facing people, still to this day, there’s not one day that goes by where somebody doesn’t say to me, ‘Oh yeah, you’re that guy, you threw away your career in a wreck right?’ or fans are like, ‘Ah man you killed us man, you killed us Bulls fans.’ So people reminded me of the worst day of my life and OxyContin for me throughout that time was a way for me to escape that–- numb them out and blur the conversation.