| Main Entry: | blur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cloud, fog |
Synonyms: |
becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blind, darken, daze, dazzle, dim, glare, make hazy, make indistinct, make vague, mask, muddy, obscure, shade, soften |
Antonyms: |
clear, uncloud, unsmudge |
| Main Entry: | blur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dirty |
Synonyms: |
besmear, blemish, blot, discolor, smear, smudge, spot, stain, taint, tarnish |
Antonyms: |
clarify, clean, cleanse, purify |
| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flaw |
Synonyms: |
beauty spot, birthmark, blackhead, blister, bloom*, blot, blot on the landscape, blotch, blur, brand, bruise, bug*, catch, chip, cicatrix, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, discoloration, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, eyesore, fault, freckle, hickey, imperfection, impurity, lentigo, lump, macula, maculation, mark, mole, nevus, nodule, patch, pimple, pock, pockmark, scar, second, sight, smudge, snag, speck, speckle, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, vice, wart, whitehead, zit |
Antonyms: |
adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornament |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | brand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stigma |
Synonyms: |
bar sinister, black eye, blot, blur, disgrace, infamy, mark, mark of Cain, odium, onus, reproach, slur, smirch, spot, stain, stigma, taint |
| Main Entry: | cloud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become foggy or obscured |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, becloud, befog, blur, darken, dim, eclipse, envelop, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, veil |
Antonyms: |
clear, unfog, unveil |
| Main Entry: | daub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coat; make dirty |
Synonyms: |
begrime, besmear, bespray, blur, cover, dab, deface, dirty, fleck, grime, paint, plaster, slap on, smear, smirch, smudge, spatter, speckle, splatter, spot, spread, stain, sully, variegate, varnish |
| Main Entry: | daze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, shock |
Synonyms: |
addle, amaze, astonish, astound, befog, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blind, blur, confound, dazzle, disorder, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, flabbergast, fuddle, mix up, muddle, mystify, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, puzzle, rock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise |
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, overawe, overpower, overwhelm, razzle-dazzle, strike dumb, stupefy, surprise |
Antonyms: |
bore |