Definition

1. 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

1. indistinct or hazy in outline
   • a landscape of blurred outlines
   • the trees were just blurry shapes