: 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 … Harold Brodkey

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Of the blurred sea of rapt adult faces, her parents’ and Cassidy’s and Charlotte’s among them, Brianna remembers nothing at all. Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025 The dyed chiffon evokes a blurred floral print that’s been artfully wrapped around the body, making this mockneck pick one of this season’s most unexpectedly chic options. Madeleine Bokan Thares, Glamour, 11 Mar. 2025 These images show a grainy violet sea, bright vistas, chipped marble relics and blurred figures. Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 Her initial fever and cough contorted into crushing fatigue, brain fog, blurred vision, dizziness, chest pain and more — and the debilitating symptoms never left. Farah Aziz Annesha, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blurred

Word History

First Known Use

1701, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of blurred was in 1701

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“Blurred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blurred. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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