The sports car was going so fast it was just a blur as it passed by.
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Blur
//ˈblɜː//
Synonyms for "blur" (260 found)
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Closest matches (52)
Strong matches (78)
Verb(33 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (130)
Verb(47 words)
fuzzinesshalf-visibilityhazehazinesshideimputationindefinitenessindistinctnessindistinguishabilityjumblejumble togetherlose resolutionlow profilemaculamaculationmaculemarkmark of cainmaskmess up
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mistmistinessmixmuddlemuddyobfuscateobscureobscurityodiumonusopaqueoverlook distinctionspalepalenesspatchpilloryingpoint champainreflectionreprimandreproachscorchsearsemivisibilityshadowinesssingeslubberslursmirchsmokesmouchsmudgesmutsmutchsoft focussoftensoilspatterspeckspecklesplashsplattersplotchspotstainstigmastigmatismstigmatizationstigmatizetainttartarnishtumbleuncertaintyunclearnessunfocusunformunplainnessunshapevague appearancevaguenessveilweakenweakness
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9 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
16 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
110 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- بَقَّعَ verb (smear, stain or smudge)
- غَبَّش verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
- غَشَّى verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
- لَطَّخَ verb (smear, stain or smudge)
Bulgarian
2 entries- разма́жа verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
- размазване verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
Catalan
2 entries- difuminar verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
- esborrar verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
Chinese
2 entries- 霧霧 /雾雾 verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
- 霧霧 /雾雾 verb (become indistinct)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 模糊 verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
- 模糊 verb (become indistinct)
- 麻查 verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
- 麻查 verb (become indistinct)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 模糊 verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
- 模糊 verb (become indistinct)
Czech
4 entries- rozmazat verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
- rozmazat verb (smear, stain or smudge)
- rozmazat se verb (become indistinct)
- rozostřit verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
Dutch
4 entries- nevelig beeld noun (Something that appears hazy or indistinct)
- onduidelijke plek noun (Something that appears hazy or indistinct)
- smet noun (A smear, smudge or blot)
- veeg noun (A smear, smudge or blot)
Estonian
4 entries- plekk noun (A smear, smudge or blot)
- hämardama verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
- lahtuma verb (become indistinct)
- määrima verb (smear, stain or smudge)
Finnish
4 entries- hämäryys noun (Something that appears hazy or indistinct)
- sumeus noun (Something that appears hazy or indistinct)
- tahra noun (A smear, smudge or blot)
- hämärtyä verb (become indistinct)
French
4 entries- flou noun (Something that appears hazy or indistinct)
- marque noun (A smear, smudge or blot)
- salissure noun (A smear, smudge or blot)
- tache noun (A smear, smudge or blot)
German
4 entries- Ahnung noun (Something that appears hazy or indistinct)
- Unklarheit noun (A smear, smudge or blot)
- Unschärfe noun (A smear, smudge or blot)
- Verschleierung noun (A smear, smudge or blot)
Hungarian
4 entries- folt noun (A smear, smudge or blot)
- homály noun (Something that appears hazy or indistinct)
- elhomályosodik verb (become indistinct)
- elhomályosít verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
Icelandic
1 entries- má verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
Italian
2 entries- offuscare verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
- sbavare verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
Japanese
2 entries- ぼかす verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
- ぼける verb (become indistinct)
Korean
1 entries- 흐릿해지다 verb (become indistinct)
Māori
2 entries- makaro noun (Something that appears hazy or indistinct)
- whakamakaro verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
Occitan
2 entries- foscar verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
- trebolar verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
Polish
4 entries- plama noun (A smear, smudge or blot)
- rozmaz noun (A smear, smudge or blot)
- rozmazany noun (Something that appears hazy or indistinct)
- mazać verb (smear, stain or smudge)
Portuguese
3 entries- borrão noun (A smear, smudge or blot)
- borrar verb (smear, stain or smudge)
- desfocar verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
Russian
1 entries- разма́зать verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- razmutiti verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
Spanish
4 entries- borrón noun (A smear, smudge or blot)
- borrar verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
- borrar verb (smear, stain or smudge)
- desdibujar verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
Ukrainian
1 entries- розте́рти verb (make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
I can't remember anything. It's just one big blur.
Source: tatoeba (2684393)
The cities, the roads, the countryside, the people I meet - they all begin to blur. I tell myself I am searching for something. But more and more, it feels like I am wandering, waiting for something to happen to me, something that will change everything, something that my whole life has been leading up to.
Source: tatoeba (5972338)
Fiction and reality are starting to blur.
Source: tatoeba (8688915)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.