indistinctness
Quality of blurriness
Indistinctness is the quality of being unclear, blurry, or hard to make out.
It applies to sensory perception—the indistinctness of a figure in fog, a voice through a wall, a memory fading with time.
The word also describes vagueness in thought or expression: The indistinctness of his argument frustrated everyone.
Lack of sharpness
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- fuzzinessIndistinct or unclear quality
- cloudinessAtmospheric opacity from vapor
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
mist · smudge · smear · dimness · murkiness · bleariness · out-of-focus · softness
Absence of precision
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- nebulousnessQuality of being indistinct
- imprecisionLack of exactness
- indefinitenessLack of clear boundaries
uncertainty · inexactness · generality · looseness · abstraction · amorphousness · diffuseness · ill-defined
Deaden or suppress sound
- muffledMade quieter, less distinct
- faintnessVerge of swooning
- inaudibilityUnable to be heard
- mutedMade quieter or softer
dampened · deadened · hushed · subdued · softened · smothered · stifled · indiscernible
State of being unclear
- fogginessObscured or unclear state
- dimnessInsufficient illumination
- cloudinessAtmospheric opacity from vapor
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
uncertainty · fragmentary · partial · fleeting · elusive · hazy · sketchy · patchy
Making less distinct
- mergingBlending into one
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- gradationIncremental transition between stages
bleeding · diffusion · dissolution · overlap · intermingling · coalescence · haziness · feathering
blur
Lack of sharpness
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- fuzzinessIndistinct or unclear quality
- cloudinessAtmospheric opacity from vapor
fog · mist · smudge · smear · dimness · murkiness · bleariness · out-of-focus · softness · veil
vagueness
Absence of precision
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- nebulousnessQuality of being indistinct
- imprecisionLack of exactness
indefiniteness · uncertainty · inexactness · generality · looseness · abstraction · amorphousness · diffuseness · ill-defined · unspecific
muffle
Deaden or suppress sound
- muffledMade quieter, less distinct
- faintnessVerge of swooning
- inaudibilityUnable to be heard
muted · dampened · deadened · hushed · subdued · softened · smothered · stifled · indiscernible · garbled
haziness
State of being unclear
- fogginessObscured or unclear state
- dimnessInsufficient illumination
- cloudinessAtmospheric opacity from vapor
fading · uncertainty · fragmentary · partial · fleeting · elusive · hazy · sketchy · patchy · unreliable
blurring
Making less distinct
gradation · bleeding · diffusion · dissolution · overlap · intermingling · coalescence · haziness · feathering · smudging
- hazinesshaze, haziness, fuzziness, blur, mistiness
- unclearnessvagueness, ambiguity, obscurity, haziness, fuzziness
- gibberishgibberish, nonsense, babble, babbling, drivel
- visibilityvisibility, visible, invisible, hidden, hide
- mysteriousnessenigma, mystique, inscrutability, obscurity, crypticness
- obscurityinvisibility, anonymity, concealment, hiddenness, obscurity
indistinctnesssharpness
Keenness of edge, mind, or image
clarity · distinctness · definition · crispness · clearness
indistinctnessclarity
State of being understandable
lucidity · distinctness · clearness · perspicuity · explicitness
indistinctnessdistinctness
Quality of being distinguishable
precision · exactness · definiteness · specificity · definition
distinct, distinction, indistinct, distinctive, distinctly, undistinguished, indistinctly, indistinguishable, distinctness