blurry
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Not clearly defined or sharply focused; indistinct in appearance or outline: "blurry" describes something that lacks clear, sharp edges or details, often appearing fuzzy, hazy, or smeared.
- Vague or unclear in perception or memory: "blurry" can also describe something that is not distinct in one's mind or recollection.
Usage
- The primary use is to describe visual perception where details are not sharp.
- It can be used literally for physical sight or figuratively for concepts, memories, or ideas.
Examples
Literal (Visual):
- Without my glasses, everything looks blurry.
- The photograph was blurry because the camera moved.
- The trees were just blurry shapes in the thick fog.
Figurative (Conceptual):
- My memory of that day is a bit blurry.
- The line between right and wrong can sometimes seem blurry.
Advanced Usage
- "to go blurry": to become indistinct, often referring to vision.
- Her eyes filled with tears and the page went blurry.
- "blurry-eyed": having vision that is not clear, often from sleep, tears, or fatigue.
- He stumbled out of bed, still blurry-eyed.
Variants and Related Words
- Blur (verb/noun): To make or become unclear or less distinct. / Something that cannot be seen clearly.
- Tears blurred her vision. (verb)
- The window was a blur of rain. (noun)
- Blurred (adjective): Made unclear or less distinct. (Often interchangeable with "blurry," but "blurred" can imply an action caused the effect).
- a blurred photograph
Synonyms
- Fuzzy: Lacking clarity of outline.
- Hazy: Indistinct, especially due to heat or mist.
- Indistinct: Not clear or sharply defined.
- Out of focus: Not sharply focused (specifically for lenses, cameras, eyes).
- Foggy: Obscured as if by fog; unclear.
Antonyms
- Clear: Easy to see, hear, or understand.
- Sharp: Having a clear outline or detail.
- Distinct: Recognizably different or clearly perceptible.
- Focused: Of an image, clear and sharply defined.
Related Idioms/Phrases
- A blurry line: A situation where the distinction between two things is not clear.
- There's a blurry line between inspiration and imitation.
Adjective
- indistinct or hazy in outline
- a landscape of blurred outlines
- the trees were just blurry shapes