pixellated

Visibly low resolution

Pixellated describes an image broken into visible square blocks, either from low resolution or deliberate blurring.

Digital images enlarged beyond their resolution become pixellated, individual pixels growing large enough to see.

Broadcasting pixellates faces and body parts to obscure identity or comply with censorship: The suspect's face was pixellated.

Also spelled pixelated.

degraded

blurry

Indistinct, lacking definition

grainy · low-quality · artifact · compression · lossy · corrupted · glitchy · distorted · noisy · aliased

mosaic

tiles

Flat covering pieces

  • gridFramework of intersecting lines
  • squaresFour-sided equal figures
  • blockyResembling stacked cubes

tessellated · fragmented · checkered · segmented · cellular · matrix · pattern · chunky · geometric · faceted

digital

bitmap

Pixel-based image format

artifact · JPEG · PNG · GIF · screen · display · rendering · image · graphics · low-resolution

retro

8-bit

Vintage computing standard

  • 16-bitComputing word length
  • arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
  • AtariSeventies gaming pioneer

NES · chiptune · nostalgia · vintage · sprite · Minecraft · Pac-Man · Mario · Zelda · Commodore

censored

blurred

Indistinct, lacking clarity

masked · unrecognizable · anonymized · faces · identity · privacy · modesty · NSFW · explicit · covered

Opposites
image resolution/clarity

pixellatedsharp

Fine-edged, or astute

crisp · high-resolution · high-definition · clear · HD

visual obscuration

pixellateduncensored

Without removed content

unblurred · revealed · unobscured · visible · exposed

Family

pixellate, pixellates, pixellation, pixellating, pixellations

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G