blurry

A blurry photo.

English

Etymology

blur +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜːri

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

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

• Hebrew: מתושתש (he)
• Icelandic: óskýr (is)
• Russian: расплывчатый (ru) (rasplývčatyj)
• Spanish: borroso (es)
• Swedish: suddig (sv)