adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of pixelate form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Of an image, visibly made of discrete pixels.

   "The photo may be pixelated if you print it too large."

Synonyms

All synonyms

blurpixelize

Example

More examples

"Someone has pixelated the car's number plate in the photo."

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