adj · 3 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.
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/ˈblɜːɹi/
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rhymes with -ɜːɹi
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
If I take off my glasses, everything close up looks blurry.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Not clear; lacking well-defined boundaries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
It would seem that the line between flirting and sexual harassment has become quite blurry.
Etymology tree English blur Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English blurry From blur + -y.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Central Bikol:
malabog
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Catalan:
borrós
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Chinese Mandarin:
模糊
(móhu)
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Chinese Mandarin:
模糊不清
(móhubùqīng)
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Chinese Mandarin:
不清楚
(bùqīngchu)
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Dutch:
wazig
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Esperanto:
eksterfokusa
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Esperanto:
malklara
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Finnish:
sumea
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Finnish:
epätarkka
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Finnish:
epäselvä
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Finnish:
samea
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Finnish:
hämärä
— not clear, crisp, or focused
French:
flou
— not clear, crisp, or focused
German:
verschwommen
— not clear, crisp, or focused
German:
schwammig
— not clear, crisp, or focused
German:
nebulös
— not clear, crisp, or focused
German:
diffus
— not clear, crisp, or focused
German:
unklar
— not clear, crisp, or focused
German:
unscharf
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Hebrew:
מטושטש
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Icelandic:
óskýr
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Italian:
sfocato
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Kapampangan:
malabug
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Kapampangan:
malubug
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Khmer:
ព្រិលៗ
(prĭlprĭl)
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Macedonian:
ма́тен
(máten)
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Māori:
tārehu
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Māori:
makaro
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Māori:
pūrehurehu
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Māori:
pōrehurehu
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Norwegian Bokmål:
uskarp
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Norwegian Bokmål:
utydelig
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Polish:
rozmyty
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Polish:
nieostry
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Polish:
zamglony
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Polish:
rozmazany
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Portuguese:
borrado
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Portuguese:
desfocado
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Portuguese:
embaçado
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Russian:
расплы́вчатый
(rasplývčatyj)
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Russian:
размы́тый
(razmýtyj)
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Spanish:
borroso
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Spanish:
desenfocado
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Spanish:
movido
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Swedish:
suddig
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Swedish:
utflytande
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Swedish:
oskarp
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Swedish:
oklar
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Tagalog:
malabo
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Turkish:
bulanık
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Vietnamese:
mờ
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Vietnamese:
nhoè
— not clear, crisp, or focused
Chinese Mandarin:
模糊
(móhu)
— lacking well-defined boundaries
Chinese Mandarin:
模糊不清
(móhubùqīng)
— lacking well-defined boundaries
Chinese Mandarin:
不清楚
(bùqīngchu)
— lacking well-defined boundaries