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| Main Entry: | blur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cloud, fog |
| Synonyms: | becloud, bedim, blear, blind, darken, daze, dazzle, dim, glare, mask, muddy, obscure, shade, soften, befog, make hazy, make indistinct, make vague |
| Antonyms: | clear, uncloud, unsmudge |
| Main Entry: | blur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dirty |
| Synonyms: | blemish, blot, discolor, smear, smudge, spot, stain, taint, tarnish, besmear |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clean, cleanse, purify |
| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flaw |
| Synonyms: | birthmark, blister, bloom*, blot, blotch, blur, brand, bruise, bug*, catch, chip, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, discoloration, disgrace, dishonor, eyesore, fault, freckle, imperfection, impurity, lump, mark, mole, patch, pimple, pock, pockmark, scar, second, sight, smudge, snag, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, vice, wart, zit*, beauty spot, blackhead, blot on the landscape, cicatrix, disfigurement, hickey, lentigo, macula, maculation, nevus, nodule, speckle, whitehead |
| Antonyms: | adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornament |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flaw, disfigure |
| Synonyms: | blot, blotch, blur, damage, deface, distort, harm, hurt, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mark, mutilate, pervert, prejudice, scar, smudge, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, twist, vitiate, wrench |
| Antonyms: | adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament |
| Main Entry: | blot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mark; flaw |
| Synonyms: | black eye*, blemish, blotch, blur, brand, defect, discoloration, disgrace, fault, odium, onus, patch, slur, smear, smudge, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint |
| Antonyms: | blank, clarity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | daub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coat; make dirty |
| Synonyms: | blur, cover, dab, deface, dirty, fleck, grime, paint, plaster, smear, smirch, smudge, spatter, splatter, spot, spread, stain, sully, varnish, begrime, besmear, bespray, slap on, speckle, variegate |
| Main Entry: | daze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, shock |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astonish, astound, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blind, blur, confound, dazzle, disorder, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, flabbergast, mix up, muddle, mystify, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, puzzle, rock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise, addle, befog, fuddle |
| Antonyms: | expect |
| Main Entry: | dazzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, amaze |
| Synonyms: | astonish, awe, bedazzle, blind, blur, bowl over*, daze, excite, fascinate, glitz*, hypnotize, impress, overpower, overwhelm, stupefy, surprise, overawe, razzle-dazzle, strike dumb |
| Antonyms: | bore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | darken; obscure |
| Synonyms: | becloud, bedim, blear, blur, cloud, dull, eclipse, fade, fog, haze, lower, muddy, obfuscate, pale, tarnish, turn down, befog |
| Antonyms: | brighten, lighten |
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to be soiled |
| Synonyms: | blacken, blotch, blur, botch, coat, contaminate, corrupt, debase, decay, defile, discolor, foul, grime, mess up, mold, muddy, pollute, rot, smear, smirch, smoke, smudge, spatter, spoil, spot, stain, sully, sweat, taint, tarnish, begrime, besoil, draggle, encrust, make dusty, make impure, smutch, tar |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanse, purify, sterilize |
| Main Entry: | disgrace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of shame; bad reputation |
| Synonyms: | abasement, abuse, baseness, black eye*, blemish, blur, brand, comedown, contempt, contumely, corruption, debasement, defamation, degradation, derision, discredit, disfavor, dishonor, disrepute, disrespect, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, meanness, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pollution, prostitution, put-down, reproach, scandal, scorn, slander, slight, slur, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, turpitude, venality, culpability, debasing, disbarment, disesteem, humbling, ill repute, ingloriousness |
| Antonyms: | esteem, exaltation, honor, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | muddle, obscure |
| Synonyms: | becloud, bedim, befuddle, bewilder, blind, blur, cloud, confuse, darken, daze, dim, eclipse, mist, muddy, mystify, obfuscate, perplex, puzzle, stupefy, addle, steam up |
| Notes: | haze is atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility while fog is droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground causing reduced visibility |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain |
| Main Entry: | mist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cloud, steam up |
| Synonyms: | becloud, blur, dim, drizzle, film, fog, haze, murk, obscure, overcast, rain, shower, sprinkle, steam, befog, mizzle, overcloud |
| Antonyms: | burn off, uncloud |
| Main Entry: | obscure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal, hide |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, becloud, bedim, belie, blear, blind, block, block out, blur, camouflage, cloak, cloud, con, confuse, cover, darken, dim, disguise, double-talk*, eclipse, equivocate, falsify, fog, fuzz, gloom, gray, haze, mask, misrepresent, mist, muddy, murk, obfuscate, overcast, overshadow, screen, shade, shadow, shroud, stonewall*, veil, wrap, befog, cloud the issue, cover up, muddy the waters, overcloud, pettifog, throw up smoke screen |
| Antonyms: | illuminate, loose, reveal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | odium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shame, dishonor |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, bar sinister, black eye*, blame, blot, blur, brand, censure, condemnation, detestation, disapproval, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, dislike, disrepute, enmity, execration, hate, hatred, ignominy, infamy, malice, obloquy, onus, opprobrium, rebuke, resentment, slur, spot, stain, stigma, disesteem, dispprobation, reprobation |
| Antonyms: | approval, honor, regard, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | onus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | bar sinister, black eye*, blame, blot, blur, brand, charge, duty, encumbrance, fault, guilt, incubus, liability, load, millstone*, obligation, odium, oppression, responsibility, slur, spot, stain, stigma, task, tax, weight, culpability, deadweight |
| Antonyms: | aid, benefit, blessing, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult |
| Synonyms: | accusation, affront, animadversion, aspersion, bar sinister, black eye*, blemish, blot, blur, brand, calumny, discredit, disgrace, dump, expose, hit, innuendo, insinuation, knock, obloquy, odium, onus, put-down*, rap*, reflection, reproach, slam, smear, stain, stigma, stricture, brickbat, dirty dig, zinger |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | smudge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dirt smear |
| Synonyms: | blemish, blot, blur, smut, spot, macule, smutch, soiled spot |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness |
| Main Entry: | smudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smear, dirty |
| Synonyms: | blacken, blotch, blur, daub, defile, foul, grime, mark, plaster, slop, smirch, soil, spatter, sully, taint, tarnish, begrime |
| Antonyms: | clean |
| Main Entry: | stain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spot of dirt, blot, bar |
| Synonyms: | black eye*, blemish, blotch, blur, brand, color, discoloration, disgrace, dishonor, drip, dye, infamy, odium, onus, reproach, shame, sinister*, slur, smirch, smudge, spatter, speck, splotch, spot, stigma, tint, ink spot, mottle |
| Antonyms: | blank, cleanliness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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