indistinct russian

• глухо́й

  deaf, deaf (to)

  muffled, dull, toneless, indistinct

  remote, out-of-the-way, godforsaken

  dense, thick, impenetrable

  blank (wall), windowless, solid

  voiceless, unvoiced

• сму́тный

  vague, dim, indistinct

  troubled, turbulent, of turmoil

• невня́тный

  indistinct, inarticulate, muffled

  vague, unclear, muddled

• неразбо́рчивый

  illegible, indecipherable, indistinct

  not fussy, undiscriminating, indiscriminate

  promiscuous

• расплы́вчатый

  vague, diffused, dim, indistinct

• стушева́ться

  to get flustered, to lose one's composure, to become embarrassed, to be intimidated

  to slip away, to efface oneself, to retire into the background

  to fade, to grow paler, to lighten

  to blur, to become blurred, to become indistinct

• нере́зкий

  soft, mild, faint, subdued

  gentle, soft, mellow

  blurry, indistinct, out of focus, not sharp

• нечёткий

  indistinct, blurred, unclear, fuzzy

  illegible, hard to read

  imprecise, vague, sloppy, careless

• неотчётливый

  vague, indistinct

• сма́зываться

  to become smudged, to be blurred, to blur

  to come off, to rub off, to wear off, to fade

  to be glossed over, to be spoiled, to lose its edge

  to be slurred, to become indistinct

  to put on cream, to rub oneself with ointment, to apply lotion to oneself

• стушёвываться

  to become embarrassed, to get flustered, to lose one's nerve

  to efface oneself, to keep in the background, to slip away quietly

  to blur, to become indistinct, to be shaded off

  to fade, to grow paler, to lighten

• размыва́ться

  to blur, to become blurred, to become indistinct, to become fuzzy

  to be washed away, to be eroded, to be undermined (by water)

  to be washed out, to get soggy, to turn to mud

• размы́ть

  to wash away, to erode, to wash out, to undermine

  to blur, to make indistinct, to smudge

• поплы́вший

  melted, runny, smudged

  blurred, fuzzy, indistinct

• размы́вшийся

  washed away, eroded

  blurred, indistinct

• размыва́ющий

  eroding, washing away

  blurring, making indistinct

• размыва́ющийся

  blurring, fading, becoming indistinct

  washing away, eroding, susceptible to erosion

• расплыва́ющийся

  blurring, indistinct, vague, fuzzy

• мя́млящий

  mumbling, stammering, hesitant, indistinct

• стушёвывавшийся

  fading, blurring, becoming indistinct, withdrawing

• сма́завшийся

  blurred, smudged, indistinct

• разма́занный

  smeared, spread, smudged

  blurred, indistinct, fuzzy

• нея́сно

  unclearly, vaguely, indistinctly, dimly

• мая́чить

  to loom, to appear indistinctly, to be dimly visible

• невня́тно

  indistinctly, inarticulately, unintelligibly

  vaguely, unclearly

• косноязы́чный

  tongue-tied, stammering, speaking indistinctly, mumbling

  inarticulate, clumsy in expression, halting

• карта́вый

  burring, guttural, indistinctly pronounced

  burring (of a person), speaking with a burr, speaking indistinctly

• невня́тность

  indistinctness, inarticulateness

• неотчётливость

  vagueness, indistinctness

• неразбо́рчивость

  illegibility, indistinctness

  lack of fastidiousness, indiscriminateness

  unscrupulousness

Examples

• Вдали маячила фигура человека.

  A person’s figure loomed indistinctly in the distance.

• Дед пробасил что-то невнятное себе под нос.

  Grandfather mumbled something indistinct under his breath in a deep voice.

• Из-за невнятности его речи мы ничего не поняли.

  Because his speech was so indistinct, we understood nothing.

• Неотчётливость фотографии мешала узнать лица.

  The indistinctness of the photograph made it difficult to recognize the faces.

• Из-за тумана появилась неотчётливость всех очертаний.

  Because of the fog, all the outlines became indistinct.

• Из трубки доносился неотчётливый шёпот.

  An indistinct whisper came from the receiver.

• Предударный слог часто произносится неясно.

  The pretonic syllable is often pronounced indistinctly.