as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
I can't describe him; all I saw was a blear figure for an instant
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as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
her image was bleared, as if I were staring at it through a watery lens
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blear
Adjective
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When asked about how Bader's addition will affect Kepler specifically, Dombrowski gave a vague response.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025 -
Don’t hide behind vague language or blame external factors entirely.—
Cody Slach,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Verb
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By the time of totality at 3:20 p.m., dense clouds obscured the view, with an eerie darkness and a golden horizon.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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He was either shrouded in haze (the gasps of the fog machine eventually became indistinguishable from the vapor being collectively exhaled by the crowd) or obscured by low-angle backlighting.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Hill's faint whistling can be heard in the background, hinting that the time loop may be far from broken, and Hill may not be gone after all.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
30 July 2025
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My favorite hotel memory is: Waking up at Hotel Ritz to birdsong, sunlight, and the faint scent of fresh croissants — Parisian magic in every sense.—
Caroline Tell,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
Verb
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Tweaked as recently as 1992, the house deliberately blurs boundaries between interior and exterior, public and private, finished and unfinished.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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AirPods blur the line between presence and absence, reducing opportunities for mindfulness.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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Binoculars show it as a hazy spot of light, but its full splendor is revealed only through a large telescope.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
28 July 2025
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The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed hazy skies and the smell of smoke across the region, attributing the conditions to smoke trapped in a sinking air mass above the Northeast.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
Verb
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But perceptions of where the economy is heading have darkened.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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Just after sunset, as the sky begins to darken, a 2%-lit waxing crescent moon will appear just hours after being in its invisible new phase.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
Verb
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Adding fashion sense hasn’t dimmed the pursuit of technical developments in the slightest.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Betelgeuse also has an unexplained five-to-six-year cycle of brightening and dimming.—
Robin George Andrews,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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“Blear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blear. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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