Antonyms 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"

   Antonyms:
   focus, sharpen, focalize, focalise

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

2. film over, glaze over, blurverb

   become glassy; lose clear vision

   "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep"

   Antonyms:
   focalize, focus, focalise, sharpen

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

3. blurverb

   to make less distinct or clear

   "The haze blurs the hills"

   Antonyms:
   focalize, sharpen, focus, focalise

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

4. confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilateverb

   make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

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

   Antonyms:
   focus, focalize, sharpen, focalise

   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

5. smear, blur, smudge, smutchverb

   make a smudge on; soil by smudging

   Antonyms:
   sharpen, focus, focalize, focalise

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

6. blur, blearverb

   make dim or indistinct

   "The fog blurs my vision"

   Antonyms:
   focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen

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

7. blur, dim, slurverb

   become vague or indistinct

   "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

   Antonyms:
   focalize, focalise, focus, sharpen

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

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1. blurnoun

   Synonyms:
   blot, indistinctness, mackle, macule

2. blurverb

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

How to use blur in a sentence?

1. Jill Biden:

   While we've been fighting this pandemic for so long, we have to resist becoming numb to the sorrow, we have to resist viewing each life as a statistic, or a blur, or on the news.

2. Gilad Rotem:

   We can provide back-end, centralized support while still allowing [coffee shops] to maintain their unique character and atmosphere, on the front-end consumer facing side, the biggest thing is to blur the lines between a chain and an independent business. The ultimate goal, it seems, is to become a strong enough network that premium independent coffee shops can’t afford to exist outside of it. Says Rotem.

3. Grita Anindarini:

   We are afraid the changes of the liability mechanism will blur the lines in trial and hamper law enforcement for the forest fire issue.

4. Mike Katz:

   People over recent years have found it easier to pursue a discourse where it is acceptable to say these things and blur the lines between legitimate criticism of Israel and something which goes far further.

5. Bruce Fuller:

   After a while, wineries get to feel the same, and it all starts to feel like a bit of a blur, we didn’t want to be part of that blur.

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