obscure

Verb

Verb Forms: obscured, obscuring, obscures

• To make something unclear, difficult to see, or hide.
• make less visible or unclear
  • "The stars are obscured by the clouds"
  • "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
• make obscure or unclear
  • "The distinction was obscured"
• reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa
• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
• To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
• To hide, put out of sight etc.
• To conceal oneself; to hide.

Adjective Satellite

• not clearly understood or expressed; ; -Anatole Broyard; - P.A.Sorokin; - John Locke
  • "an obscure turn of phrase"
  • "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"
• marked by difficulty of style or expression
  • "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"
• difficult to find
  • "an obscure retreat"
• not famous or acclaimed
  • "an obscure family"
• not drawing attention
  • "an obscure flaw"
• remote and separate physically or socially; ; - W.H.Hudson
  • "an obscure village"

Adj

• Dark, faint or indistinct.
• Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
• Difficult to understand; abstruse.
• Not well-known.
• Unknown or uncertain; unclear.

Adjective

• Not discovered or known about; uncertain or hard to understand.

Examples

• an obscure passage or inscription; The speaker made obscure references to little-known literary works.
• He often played obscure words, hoping his opponent wouldn’t challenge them.
• His tactical play was designed to obscure any good scoring opportunities for his opponent.
• The etymological roots of the word "blizzard" are obscure and open to debate.

Synonyms

apart, becloud, bedim, befog, blot out, blur, cloud, confuse, dark, fog, haze over, hidden, hide, isolated, mist, obliterate, obnubilate, overcloud, unknown, unnoticeable, unsung, vague, veil, bedarken, bemist, cimmerian, dingy, enigmatic, esoteric, fathomless, fuzzy, ill-defined, inscrutable, mysterious, occluded, secluded

Antonyms

clear

Related Words

clare-obscure, clear-obscure, obscuration, obscurity

Anagrams of obscure