BLURRED Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

blurred

verb

Definition of blurred

past tense of blur

as in confused

to make (something) unclear to the understanding an article for the layman that blurs the distinction between the two kinds of cholesterol

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as in obscured

to make dark, dim, or indistinct evening shadows blurred the view of the valley from the overlook

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Recent Examples of blurred Menon's photo reveals spectacular pink, purple and red auroras glowing in Earth's upper atmosphere above a sparse dappling of city lights, subtly blurred by the motion of the orbital spacecraft over the course of the exposure. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026 But as the spectacle grew, the distinction between personal style and dressing for visibility became increasingly blurred. — Alex Badia, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 That thought process forms the premise behind A Seat at the Table, her reoccurring dinner series, where the line between entertaining and doing deals is deliberately blurred. — Rachel Marlowe, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026 So immigration stories get softened over time, with trauma turning into adventure and hard facts blurred into entertaining myths. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 That could also explain why my fine lines looked noticeably blurred right away. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 9 Oct. 2026 The child’s face is blurred out in the video on YouTube, which carries a content warning. — Juan Benn Jr, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 Their images are blurred by the low-resolution cameras on the detention center’s tablets. — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026 The move into podcasting marks another expansion for MasterClass, which has increasingly blurred the lines between online education and entertainment. — Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

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Not to be confused with the football the Chargers play in that same stadium.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Phone notifications open via app casting, but the system gets confused easily.

— Dominic Preston, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of confused

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Both of us gravitated toward the dot cake, vanilla cake and buttercream, entirely obscured by a psychedelic layer of rainbow sprinkles, an online phenomenon neither of us had tried.

— Tanya Bush, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026
The same repositioning also obscured the screws that hold the GPU brace’s mounting bracket.

— Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of obscured

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Sube Shoten, a tofu maker founded in 1877 during Japan’s Meiji era, reportedly ceased operations in May and began preparing to file for bankruptcy as low profit margins and a recent surge in raw-material costs clouded its business outlook.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
The sky had clouded in the meantime, deleting the circle from the wall—she’d arrived just in time to witness it.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of clouded

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His chubby forehead was creased, and a sort of hunted look darkened his eyes.

— Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
In its latest incarnation, designed by the firm S9, the curtain wall has darkened and the electronic billboards brightened, so that the tower resembles a TV mount, more apparatus than architecture.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026

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