Synonyms of blurring

blurring 1 of 2

noun

as in confusion

Related Words

• confusion

Dissimilar Words

• discrimination
• distinction
• separation
• differentiation
• demarcation
• isolation
• discreteness
• segregation

blurring

2 of 2

verb

present participle of blur

1

as in confusing

to make (something) unclear to the understanding

an article for the layman that blurs the distinction between the two kinds of cholesterol

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confusing
• clouding
• obfuscating
• muddying
• fogging
• complicating
• disrupting
• beclouding
• befogging
• snarling
• muddling
• perplexing
• upsetting
• tangling
• shuffling
• jumbling
• disordering
• sophisticating
• entangling
• disarranging
• scrambling
• disturbing
• tousling
• mixing (up)
• disarraying
• disheveling
• discomposing
• messing (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clarifying
• illuminating
• clearing (up)
• simplifying
• streamlining
• unraveling
• analyzing
• straightening (out)
• undoing
• decoding
• deciphering
• disentangling
• untangling
• breaking down
• unscrambling

2

as in obscuring

to make dark, dim, or indistinct

evening shadows blurred the view of the valley from the overlook

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obscuring
• darkening
• clouding
• blackening
• overshadowing
• dimming
• fogging
• shadowing
• shrouding
• overcasting
• hazing
• beclouding
• misting
• shading
• concealing
• obliterating
• hiding
• blearing
• overclouding
• dislimning
• covering
• eclipsing
• fuzzing (up)
• bedimming
• masking
• befogging
• adumbrating
• camouflaging
• disguising
• blotting out
• screening
• veiling
• curtaining
• cloaking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• illuminating
• brightening
• lightening
• lighting (up)
• revealing
• exposing
• uncovering
• illumining
• unveiling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blurring

Noun

The film’s blurring of imagination, reality and dreams is, of course, by design. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026

Nader isn’t the only celebrity fan of this Charlotte Tilbury pick—Hailey Bieber, Amal Clooney, and Kate Moss all use this blurring and mattifying powder for a filter-like finish. — Christina Oehler, InStyle, 7 Nov. 2026

In the same period, leaders also expect cross-functional agent collaboration for multistep tasks, leading to a blurring of the lines between functions and adding more complexity to AI ownership and governance. — Beena Ammanath, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026

The psychedelic blurring of genre boundaries plays off the titular concept, which, says Grian Chatten in press materials, describes the environment of the album itself. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Oct. 2026

There’s also a blurring of product categories lines, with American beauty consumers shopping across mass, prestige and luxury. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

The exploitation of racial divides, the mass rallies, the storming of the Capitol, the blurring of truth and reality, the unabashed abuse of government power to the ends of ethnic cleansing, which becomes systemic, institutionalized, and accepted. — Daniel Peña, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

Rustling and droning tape effects from Frye, subtle enough to be nearly subliminal but still somehow palpably present, act as a binding agent on every track, blurring tones and connecting rhythms. — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026

After all, at my age, there are days when a little blurring can go a long way. — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2026

Verb

Like the artist herself, Merz’s works are chimerical, morphing with the shifting light, blurring at the edges of the frame, slipping out of sight. — Nicole Kaack, ARTnews.com, 13 Nov. 2026

Early to the low-profile trend that’s now taking over, Haller’s interpretation of a bedroom slipper-meets-office loafer was a hit just as work-from-home was blurring the line between the two. — Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2026

The Vancouver band combines music and sound collage with performance art, blurring the personal and political while explicitly addressing gender, violence, and militancy. — Sarah Moroz, Pitchfork, 10 Nov. 2026

That includes scaling up domestic production of interceptor drones and weapons assisted by artificial intelligence, and blurring the lines between civilian and military responsibility for defending the skies. — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2026

What begins as a portrait of Holmes soon takes unexpected turns, blurring the lines between documentary filmmaking and staged reenactments as Fielder tries to make sense of the woman at the center of the story. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2026

In the film, won Camerimage’s Golden Frog honor in 2007, the lens shifts sharply in and out of focus, blurring most of the field of vision while some details pop with intense clarity. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2026

The formula packs in four unique types of hyaluronic acid, which plump the skin with nourishing hydration while visibly blurring and smoothing deep lines. — Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 30 Oct. 2026

Saunders’s novel mixes his characters’ epitaph-like accounts of their lives and other dialogue with real text from the historical record, blurring the boundary between speech, which rises in living time, and writing, which exists outside it. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026