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ablur en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /əˈblɜː(ɹ)/

Etymology

From a- + blur.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Blurry, blurred.
    • From Washington, Miller, Rice, and Hadley watched glumly as George W. Bush's stark line in the sand—We will make no distinction between the terrorists and those that harbor them—went ablur. 2007, Robert Draper, Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush, Free Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 207:
    • I stared at my notes, But my thoughts were muddy, My eyes went ablur, I just couldn't study 2009, Eugene Pacetti, Jessica Robin Cooper, Heart, Laughter, and Sentiment: Poems and Short Stories for Your Every Day, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 108:
    • Everything swirled, all ablur from the tears swimming in her eyes. 2000, Julia Hanlon, Mine for All Time, Kensington, →ISBN, page 271: