: characterized by dimness, indistinctness, or obscurity
the blurred names on the gravestones
: lacking clarity or sharpness : blurry
a blurred photograph
blurred vision
blurredly
adverb
I am being lifted into the air—and even as I pant and stare blurredly, limply, mindlessly, a map appears, of the dark ground where I ran …
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Harold Brodkey
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After another row or two, Daignault’s canvases become increasingly abstract, finally dissolving into blurred daubs of color against black fields.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
But soon, the Paul brothers came to represent a new paradigm, in which distinctions between the online world and the offline world became more blurred.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
Migraines usually begin with an aura—visual disturbances such as flashing lights or shimmering spots—followed by pain, blurred vision, nausea, and sensitivity to light.
—Helen Thomson, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2024
Symptoms of dry eye include stinging and burning in the eyes, blurred vision, a gritty feeling in the eyes, and eye irritation.
—Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 21 Nov. 2024
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
But soon, the Paul brothers came to represent a new paradigm, in which distinctions between the online world and the offline world became more blurred.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
Migraines usually begin with an aura—visual disturbances such as flashing lights or shimmering spots—followed by pain, blurred vision, nausea, and sensitivity to light.
—Helen Thomson, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2024
Symptoms of dry eye include stinging and burning in the eyes, blurred vision, a gritty feeling in the eyes, and eye irritation.
—Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Blurred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blurred. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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