Definition of Blurriness

1. Noun. The quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines.

Exact synonyms: Fogginess, Fuzziness, Indistinctness, Softness
Generic synonyms: Opacity, Opaqueness
Specialized synonyms: Dimness, Faintness, Vagueness
Derivative terms: Blurry, Foggy, Foggy, Fuzzy, Indistinct
Antonyms: Distinctness, Sharpness

Definition of Blurriness

1. Noun. The characteristic of being blurry. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blurriness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blurriness

bluntnesses
blunts
blur
blurb
blurbed
blurbing
blurbist
blurbists
blurbs
blurred
blurredly
blurredness
blurrier
blurriest
blurrily
blurriness (current term)
blurrinesses
blurring
blurringly
blurry
blurs
blurse
blurt out
blurted
blurter
blurters
blurting
blurtings
blurts

Literary usage of Blurriness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Amateur Photographer and Camera & Dark-room (1907)
"With a first-class lens, these figures will be found to be approximately correct, for the degree of blurriness permissible. ..."

2. Genetic Information and Health Care: Hearing Before the Committee on Labor edited by James M. Jeffords (2001)
"... I think there is some blurriness—and perhaps that is something this committee would like to work on as far as the fine-tuning— about exactly how genetic ..."

3. The Militant Proletariat by Austin Lewis (1911)
"When one contemplates the political blurriness of the European countries with the clearness of the United States as regards politics, it will be seen that ..."

4. The Charles Mills Gayley Anniversary Papers: Contributed by Former Students by Benjamin Putnam Kurtz, Charles Mills Gayley (1922)
"It had "a defective register, .... excessive impression grey and uneven coloring and blurriness ..."

5. The Complete Photographer by Roger Child Bayley (1906)
"For scientific purposes, or if the photograph is to be enlarged and then judged critically for sharpness, the degree of blurriness expressed by this phrase ..."

6. Transactions by Panama Pacific Dental Congress, Australasian Medical Congress (1907)
"There was atrophy of both optic nerves, with some blurriness of the outer edge of each disc. I took him into hospital, and had his head shaved. ..."

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