blur

blur is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink.
2. transitive verb. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
3. transitive verb. To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
4. noun. That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance.
5. noun. A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.
6. noun. A moral stain or blot.
7. noun. a hazy or indistinct representation

   "it happened so fast it was just a blur"

   "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"

   Synonyms: fuzz

8. verb. become vague or indistinct

   "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

   Synonyms: dim, slur

9. verb. make dim or indistinct

   "The fog blurs my vision"

   Synonyms: blear

10. verb. make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

    "Her remarks confused the debate"

    "Their words obnubilate their intentions"

    Synonyms: confuse, obnubilate, obscure

11. verb. make a smudge on; soil by smudging

    Synonyms: smear, smudge, smutch

12. verb. become glassy; lose clear vision

    "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep"

13. verb. to make less distinct or clear

    "The haze blurs the hills"

Synonyms

fuzz, dim, slur, blear, confuse, obnubilate, obscure, smear, smudge, smutch

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in blur:

burl

Common word forms

blurs, blurred, blurrer, blurring

Words from these letters

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