Standard Lemma guide

blurred

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /blɜːd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /blɝd/
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)d
  • homophone: blerd
  • CMU ARPABET: B L ER1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • blurred image
  • blurred video
  • blurred margins

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of blur

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

unclear in form or expression- H.G.Wells

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the blurred aims of the group
  • sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clouded

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

indistinct or hazy in outline

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a landscape of blurred outlines
  • the trees were just blurry shapes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bleary, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From blur + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: borrós — Out of focus
  • Catalan: desdibuixat — Out of focus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 模糊 (móhu) — Out of focus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 失焦 (shījiāo) — Out of focus
  • Czech: rozmazaný — Out of focus
  • Czech: neostrý — Out of focus
  • Dutch: wazig — Out of focus
  • Dutch: onscherp — Out of focus
  • Dutch: flou — Out of focus
  • Finnish: epäselvä — Out of focus
  • Finnish: sumea — Out of focus
  • Finnish: hämärä — Out of focus
  • French: flou — Out of focus
  • Georgian: ბუნდოვანი (bundovani) — Out of focus
  • Georgian: გაბუნდოვნებული (gabundovnebuli) — Out of focus
  • Georgian: გაურკვეველი (gaurḳveveli) — Out of focus
  • Georgian: არამკაფიო (aramḳapio) — Out of focus
  • Georgian: უფოკუსო (upoḳuso) — Out of focus
  • German: unscharf — Out of focus
  • Italian: sfocato — Out of focus
  • Japanese: ぼやけた (boyaketa) — Out of focus
  • Northern Kurdish: şêlîkirî — Out of focus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uskarp — Out of focus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: uskarp — Out of focus
  • Occitan: fosc — Out of focus
  • Occitan: trebol — Out of focus
  • Occitan: borrós — Out of focus
  • Polish: zamazany — Out of focus
  • Portuguese: desfocado — Out of focus
  • Russian: размы́тый (razmýtyj) — Out of focus
  • Russian: нечёткий (nečótkij) — Out of focus
  • Russian: расплы́вчатый (rasplývčatyj) — Out of focus
  • Slovak: rozmazaný — Out of focus
  • Spanish: borroso — Out of focus
  • Spanish: desdibujado — Out of focus
  • Spanish: desenfocado — Out of focus
  • Swedish: suddig — Out of focus
  • Swedish: utflytande — Out of focus
  • Swedish: oskarp — Out of focus
  • Swedish: oklar — Out of focus
  • Turkish: bulanık — Out of focus
  • Ukrainian: розми́тий (rozmýtyj) — Out of focus
  • Ukrainian: нечітки́й (nečitkýj) — Out of focus
  • Ukrainian: розпли́вчастий (rozplývčastyj) — Out of focus