As a verb vague
is .
As an adjective blurry is
(of an image) not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.
vague English
Adjective
(er)
Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
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*2004: , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
*:Throughout the first week of his presidency, Dulles and Bissell continued to brief Kennedy on their strategy for Cuba, but the men were vague and their meetings offered little in the way of hard facts.
Not having a precise meaning.
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Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.
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Not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.
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Not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely.
Lacking expression; vacant.
Not sharply outlined; hazy.
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, passage=He walked. To the corner of Hamilton Place and Picadilly, and there stayed for a while, for it is a romantic station by night. The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps.}}
Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
*Sir (c.1564-1627)
*:to set upon the vague villains
*(John Keats) (1795-1821)
*:She danced along with vague , regardless eyes.
Synonyms
* obscure
* ambiguous
Related terms
* vaguely (adverb)
* vagueness (noun)
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) A wandering; a vagary.
- (Holinshed)
An indefinite expanse.
* Lowell
- The gray vague of unsympathizing sea.
Verb
( vagu)
To wander; to roam; to stray.
* Holland
- [The soul] doth vague and wander.
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blurry English
Adjective
( er)
(of an image) Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.
- If I take off my glasses, everything close up looks blurry .
(figuratively) not clear, not with well-defined boundaries.
- It would seem that the line between flirting and sexual harrassment has become quite blurry.
Derived terms
* blurriness
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