verb
- Become glassy; lose clear vision.
- usage: "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep"
- synonyms: film over, glaze over, blur
- To make less distinct or clear.
- usage: "The haze blurs the hills"
- synonyms: blur
- Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred.
- usage: "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
- synonyms: confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
- Make a smudge on; soil by smudging.
- Make dim or indistinct.
- usage: "The fog blurs my vision"
- Become vague or indistinct.
- usage: "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
adjective
- Indistinct or hazy in outline.
- usage: "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes"
- Unclear in form or expression."the blurred aims of the group"; "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded- H. G. Wells
- synonyms: clouded
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