blurry

English

A blurry photo.

Etymology

From blur +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɜːɹi/
• Rhymes: -ɜːɹi

Adjective

blurry ‎(comparative blurrier, superlative blurriest)

1. (of an image) Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.

   If I take off my glasses, everything close up looks blurry.

2. (figuratively) Not clear, not with well-defined boundaries.

   It would seem that the line between flirting and sexual harrassment has become quite blurry.

Derived terms

• blurriness

Translations

Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges

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• Catalan: borrós
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• Dutch: wazig (nl)
• Esperanto: eksterfokusa, malklara
• Finnish: sumea (fi), epätarkka (fi), epäselvä (fi), samea (fi), hämärä (fi)
• French: flou (fr)
• German: verschwommen (de)

• Hebrew: מתושתש
• Icelandic: óskýr
• Italian: sfocato (it)
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• Maori: tārehu, makaro, pūrehurehu, pōrehurehu
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• Portuguese: borrado, desfocado
• Russian: расплы́вчатый (ru) ‎(rasplývčatyj)
• Spanish: borroso
• Swedish: suddig (sv)
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