Dictionary

blurry en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈblɜːɹi/

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (of an image) Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.
   • CNN spoke recently with several Conyers residents who said they still have blurry vision, shortness of breath, throat irritation or chronic headaches since the chemical plant fire. 2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:
   • If I take off my glasses, everything close up looks blurry.
2. (figuratively) Not clear; lacking well-defined boundaries.
   • when it comes to the future of war, the line between science fiction and industrial fact is often blurry. 2020 October 15, Frank Pasquale, “‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2023:
   • It would seem that the line between flirting and sexual harassment has become quite blurry.

Forms

Deriveds

unblurry · blurriness · blurrily · nonblurry

Translations (60)

vi nhoè (not clear, crisp, or focused) · pt desfocado (not clear, crisp, or focused) · fi sumea (not clear, crisp, or focused) · pam malabug (not clear, crisp, or focused) · de undeutlich (lacking well-defined boundaries) · mi pūrehurehu (not clear, crisp, or focused) · pt embaçado (not clear, crisp, or focused) · vi mờ (not clear, crisp, or focused) · fi epäselvä (not clear, crisp, or focused) · tl malabo (not clear, crisp, or focused) · de verschwommen (lacking well-defined boundaries) · pl zamglony (not clear, crisp, or focused) · fi hämärä (not clear, crisp, or focused) · ru размы́тый (not clear, crisp, or focused) · ca borrós (not clear, crisp, or focused) · de schwammig (not clear, crisp, or focused) · nl wazig (not clear, crisp, or focused) · pl rozmyty (not clear, crisp, or focused) · pl rozmazany (not clear, crisp, or focused) · fi epätarkka (not clear, crisp, or focused) · ru расплы́вчатый (not clear, crisp, or focused) · fi samea (not clear, crisp, or focused) · cmn 模糊不清 (lacking well-defined boundaries) · cmn 不清楚 (lacking well-defined boundaries) · cmn 不清楚 (not clear, crisp, or focused) · fi epäselvä (lacking well-defined boundaries) · km ព្រិលៗ (not clear, crisp, or focused) · de diffus (not clear, crisp, or focused) · he מטושטש (not clear, crisp, or focused) · eo eksterfokusa (not clear, crisp, or focused) · cmn 模糊 (not clear, crisp, or focused) · cmn 模糊 (lacking well-defined boundaries) · de nebulös (not clear, crisp, or focused) · de verschwommen (not clear, crisp, or focused) · pl nieostry (not clear, crisp, or focused) · mi makaro (not clear, crisp, or focused) · mk ма́тен (not clear, crisp, or focused) · sv oskarp (not clear, crisp, or focused) · eo malklara (not clear, crisp, or focused) · fr confus (lacking well-defined boundaries) · nb uskarp (not clear, crisp, or focused) · es difuminado (lacking well-defined boundaries) · fr flou (not clear, crisp, or focused) · it sfocato (not clear, crisp, or focused) · tr bulanık (lacking well-defined boundaries) · tr bulanık (not clear, crisp, or focused) · pt borrado (not clear, crisp, or focused) · cmn 模糊不清 (not clear, crisp, or focused) · bcl malabog (not clear, crisp, or focused) · es borroso (not clear, crisp, or focused) · sv oklar (not clear, crisp, or focused) · is óskýr (not clear, crisp, or focused) · mi tārehu (not clear, crisp, or focused) · sv utflytande (not clear, crisp, or focused) · mi pōrehurehu (not clear, crisp, or focused) · de unscharf (not clear, crisp, or focused) · pam malubug (not clear, crisp, or focused) · nb utydelig (not clear, crisp, or focused) · de unklar (not clear, crisp, or focused) · sv suddig (not clear, crisp, or focused)