Meanings
comparative blurrier · superlative blurriest
- Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.
If I take off my glasses, everything close up looks blurry.
1 more example
CNN spoke recently with several Conyers residents who said they still have blurry vision, shortness of breath, throat irritation or chronic headaches since the chemical plant fire.
2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025 - figurativelyNot clear; lacking well-defined boundaries.
It would seem that the line between flirting and sexual harassment has become quite blurry.
1 more example
when it comes to the future of war, the line between science fiction and industrial fact is often blurry.
2020 October 15, Frank Pasquale, “‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2023
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan borrós
- borrósnot clear, crisp, or focused
Chinese Mandarin 模糊, 模糊不清
- 模糊 (móhu)not clear, crisp, or focused
- 模糊不清 (móhubùqīng)not clear, crisp, or focused
- 不清楚 (bùqīngchu)not clear, crisp, or focused
- 模糊 (móhu)lacking well-defined boundaries
- 模糊不清 (móhubùqīng)lacking well-defined boundaries
- 不清楚 (bùqīngchu)lacking well-defined boundaries
Dutch wazig
- wazignot clear, crisp, or focused
Esperanto eksterfokusa, malklara
- eksterfokusanot clear, crisp, or focused
- malklaranot clear, crisp, or focused
Finnish sumea, epätarkka
- sumeanot clear, crisp, or focused
- epätarkkanot clear, crisp, or focused
- epäselvänot clear, crisp, or focused
- sameanot clear, crisp, or focused
- hämäränot clear, crisp, or focused
- epäselvälacking well-defined boundaries
French flou, confus
- flounot clear, crisp, or focused
- confuslacking well-defined boundaries
German verschwommen, schwammig
- verschwommennot clear, crisp, or focused
- schwammignot clear, crisp, or focused
- nebulösnot clear, crisp, or focused
- diffusnot clear, crisp, or focused
- unklarnot clear, crisp, or focused
- unscharfnot clear, crisp, or focused
- verschwommenlacking well-defined boundaries
- undeutlichlacking well-defined boundaries
Hebrew מטושטש
- מטושטשnot clear, crisp, or focused
Icelandic óskýr
- óskýrnot clear, crisp, or focused
Italian sfocato
- sfocatonot clear, crisp, or focused
Māori tārehu, makaro
- tārehunot clear, crisp, or focused
- makaronot clear, crisp, or focused
- pūrehurehunot clear, crisp, or focused
- pōrehurehunot clear, crisp, or focused
Norwegian Bokmål uskarp, utydelig
- uskarpnot clear, crisp, or focused
- utydelignot clear, crisp, or focused
Polish rozmyty, nieostry
- rozmytynot clear, crisp, or focused
- nieostrynot clear, crisp, or focused
- zamglonynot clear, crisp, or focused
- rozmazanynot clear, crisp, or focused
Portuguese borrado, desfocado
- borradonot clear, crisp, or focused
- desfocadonot clear, crisp, or focused
- embaçadonot clear, crisp, or focused
Russian расплы́вчатый, размы́тый
- расплы́вчатый (rasplývčatyj)not clear, crisp, or focused
- размы́тый (razmýtyj)not clear, crisp, or focused
Spanish borroso, difuminado
- borrosonot clear, crisp, or focused
- difuminadolacking well-defined boundaries
Swedish suddig, utflytande
- suddignot clear, crisp, or focused
- utflytandenot clear, crisp, or focused
- oskarpnot clear, crisp, or focused
- oklarnot clear, crisp, or focused
Tagalog malabo
- malabonot clear, crisp, or focused
Turkish bulanık, bulanık
- bulanıknot clear, crisp, or focused
- bulanıklacking well-defined boundaries
Vietnamese mờ, nhoè
- mờnot clear, crisp, or focused
- nhoènot clear, crisp, or focused
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with blurry
All rhymes →Cite this entry
blurry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blurry
“blurry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blurry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blurry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blurry.
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