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  • 91blear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. blurred; bloodshot. See vision, dimness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dim, blur, obscure; see shade 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To make dim or indistinct: becloud, bedim, befog, blur, cloud,… …

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  • 92blur — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. blot, smear; obscure, dim; swim, be indistinct. See dimness, obscurity, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To dim] Syn. obscure, blear, dim, cloud; see shade 2 . 2. [To stain] Syn. blemish, smudge,… …

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  • 93confuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. perplex, confound, disconcert; embroil, muddle; abash, embarrass. See disorder, humility, unintelligibility. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. puzzle, perplex, bewilder, confound, nonplus, disconcert, abash …

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  • 94dimness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Shadowiness Nouns dimness, obscurity, shadow, shade; darkness, opacity; partial darkness, partial shadow, partial eclipse; cloudiness; dusk, gloaming, twilight, evening, shades of evening; moonlight,… …

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  • 95dull — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unsharp, blunt; deadened, numb; stupid; tedious, uninteresting, boring; spiritless, vapid, vacuous; dead, lifeless; sluggish, listless, lethargic; lackluster, dim, cloudy, obscure, stale, jaded. v.… …

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  • 96eclipse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. obscure, darken, cloud, hide, conceal; outshine, surpass, overshadow. See darkness, repute, concealment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. solar eclipse, eclipse of the sun, lunar eclipse, eclipse of the… …

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  • 97fog — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mist, smog, vapor, haze, cloud; uncertainty, obscurity. See cloudiness, moisture. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Vapor near the earth] Syn. mist, haze, smog, exhalation, murk, cloud, nebula, film, steam, wisp …

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  • 98gloom — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dejection, sadness, dole fulness, melancholy; shadow, shade, dimness, darkness, obscurity; pessimism. Ant., cheerfulness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Heavy shade] Syn. shadow, murk, dimness, dark; see… …

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  • 99mist — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fog, haze, vapor, drizzle. See cloudiness, moisture. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. drizzle, spray, haze, fog, smog, vapor, cloud, film, gauze, fine rain, mizzle*; see also fog 1 , haze . Syn. mist applies… …

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  • 100obfuscate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. darken, obscure; bewilder. See darkness, unintelligibility. Ant., clarify, enlighten. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. obscure, muddle, confuse; see muddle 1 , confuse . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …

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