Obscure

/əbˈskjʊə(ɹ)/

Synonyms for "obscure" (695 found)

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Closest matches (139)

Adjective(12 words)

hidden unknownacademic language chaosambiguousambiguous languageambiguous namingambiguous phrasingambiguous termapart benighted cloud cloudiest

abstruse adiaphanous adumbrate aleatoric aleatory ambiguous amorphic amorphous amphibological anarchic anonymous applyapply toarcanearound the bushback of beyondbaffling baggy bandage beamless

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beat aboutbeat around the bushbecloud beclouded bedarken bedazzle bedim befog befoggedbeg the questionbegloom belie bemist benightbeyond onebicker blackblack as nightblack outblacken blanket blear bleared bleary blindblind the eyesblindfold blobby blockblock the lightblotblot outblow hot and coldblunt blur blurred blurry boggle broad brown buried bury caliginous camouflage canopycast a shadowcavil chance chancy chaotic characterlesschop logicchoplogic cimmerianclabber upclear as mudcloak close clothe cloudcloud overcloud upclouded cloudy colorless complex complicate

Noun(23 words)

addlingambiguous meaningambiguous verbanonymising asterisks backgrounding bamboozling befogging blanking blindfolding blinding blinds blot blurring blursburial-action contextburks camouflages cloaks clouding

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clouds clutter cluttering

Verb(17 words)

adumbrated adumbrates adumbrating becloud bedim bedimmed befog befogs befuddle blackedblot outblotted blurbury evidencecloaked cloud coded

Strong matches (209)

complicated conceal concealed conditional confuse confused confusing cope corrupt covercover upcovered covert cowl crabbed cramp cryptic curtain darkdark as night

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dark as pitchdarkendarken overdarkling darksome daze dazzledead of nightdeep deformdeprive of sightdevious difficult dimdim outdisguise dismal disorder disordered disorderly dissemble distant distortdistract attention fromdodge double-edged double-faced doubtful dubious dull dun dusk dusky ebon ebony eclipse eclipsed encloudencompass with shadowenigmatic enmist ensconce enshroud envelop equivocal equivocate erebus esoteric evadeevade the issueexcecate extinguish faint falsify far far-off featureless feeble fence film filmy fine fogfog upfoggy foreign formless fuliginous fuzz fuzzy garble garbled general glare gloom gloomygloss overgouge grumly half-seen half-visible hardhard to understandhaze hazy hedge hid hidden hidehit-or-misshood hoodwink humble ignotus ill-defined illegible imperceptibleimpervious to lightimprecisein a cloudin a fogin eclipsein purdahin the wingsinaccessible inaccurate inchoate incoherent incommunicado incomprehensible inconclusive inconsequential inconspicuous indecisive indefinable indefinite indeterminable indeterminate

Verb(24 words)

complicatesconceal featureconceal notesconcealed evidenceconfounded confuse confuses contorted darkened darkens embrangle expurgate expurgated fogfog the mirrorfogged forgotten fuzzed fuzzified fuzzifies

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glossed grayedhaze overhide

Adjective(29 words)

conceal concealed confuse crypticcryptic statementcultural obscuritydarkdense crowd pushdense fogdense massdense prosedense trafficdisguised downplay enshroudedfalse wordingfogbound foggier fuddled fuscous

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haziesthidden figurehidden roomhidehieroglyphic writingill defined taskillusive indecipherable indiscernible

Noun(18 words)

conceal detailsdarkeningdense drill rowsdense styledifficult decisiondifficult to learneclipses eclipsing enshroudingextremely difficultfogs fuzzifying fuzzing garbling gnarl hazes hazing hieroglyphic

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indistinct indistinguishable inexact inexplicable inform inglorious inscrutable insignificant intangible intransparent intricate ironic jumble jumbled kaleidoscopickeep fromkeep under coverknotty latent lax

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lay onlay overlightlittle knownlonesome looselow profilelow-profile lowly lumpenmake blindmake uncertainmake unintelligiblemantle mask meanmerely glimpsedmess upminor misadvise misdirect miseducate misguide misinform misinstruct mislead misrepresent mist misteach misty muddle muddy muffle murk murky mysterious mystic mystical mystify mystifying nameless nebulous night night-black night-clad night-cloaked night-dark night-enshrouded night-filled night-mantled night-veiled nitpickno credit tonondescript nonspecific nubilate nubilous obduce obfuscate obfuscated obnubilate obscured obscurity obumbrate occult occultate occulted odd opaque orderlessout of focusout-of-the-wayovercast overcloud overlay overshadow oversmoke overspread overtechnical pale palter parry perplexed perplexing pervertpick nitspitch blackpitch-black pitch-dark pitchy prevaricate profound pussyfootput onpuzzling questionable quibble random rayless recondite remote removed renownless retired roiled roily scramble scrambled screen scum secluded secluse secret semivisible sequestered shade shadowshadowed forthshadowy shady shapeless shield shift shroud shuffle shy sidestepslur oversmog smoke snow-blind solitary sombersplit hairsspread overstarless stochastic strangestrike blindsubfusc submerge subtle sunless superimpose superpose swarthiness sweeping tenebrious tenebrose tenebrous tergiversate thick tough transcendent turbid twilight ulterior umbral unambiguous uncelebrated uncertain unclear undefinedunder an eclipseunder coverunder house arrestunder wrapsundercover underground undestined undetermined undistinguished unemotional unemphatic unfamed unfamiliar unfathomable unform unglorifiedunheard ofunheard-of unhonored unilluminated unimportant unintelligible unknown unlighted unlit unnamed unnotable unnoted unnoticeable unnoticed unordered unorganized unplain unpopular unrecognizable unremarked unrenowned unshape unspecified unsung vague varnish veil veiled weak whitewashwrapped in clouds

Adjective(50 words)

indistinct soundinkiest inkyinvisible featureisolated jargon-filled minimize mirky mistiest muddiest muddy murkiest obtusest opaquestrhetorical ambiguitysemidark shadowier shrouded sibyllic smoggy

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smokiest smoky subtle subtlest thickeruncelebrated holidayunclearunclear criteriaunclear dataunclear diagramunclear dictionunclear sequenceunclear speechunclear stepsunclear vowelsunclear writingunclearer unclearestuncommon organismundepicted unfamiliarunknown notationunlisted unnoticeable unnoticed unread unseen unsung vague vaguer

Verb(22 words)

infuscate misphrased mist misted muddied muddies muddled muddying mystified obfuscates obliterate obnubilate occlude occludes occluding opaqued overcloud overshadows resmudge shadowed

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veil weaseled

Noun(44 words)

lanthanon mackle malabo masksmirror foggingmisphrases misword miswording miswritemore ambiguousmore concealedmore hidden enclavemore obscuremore secretmore uncelebratedmore unclearmost unclearmuddles muddling murks

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nebn obfuscating opaquing overcasting overcasts overshadowing pallpartially redactedprocess fault concealmentriddling samar scrambles scumbling sepulchering shading shadows shields shrouding splodge trablousunclear soundsunclearly statedveiling veils

Adverb(1 words)

most glorious revolutions

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

15 entries

action alter change clarity conceal concealment hide minimization modify notability perception recognition reduce understanding visibility

More specific

16 entries

cloud confuse covercryptic notedeemphasize downplayforgotten authorhidden cornermask minimizeminor figuremuddyobscured doorwayunknown authorvague instructionveil

Collocations

10 entries

obscure a detailobscure a factobscure cornerobscure factobscure languageobscure meaningobscure referenceobscure the meaningobscure the truthobscure the view

Inflections

5 entries

more obscuremost obscureobscured obscures obscuring

Derivations

6 entries

obscuration obscured obscurely obscurer obscuring obscurity

similar

12 entries

concealed confound confuse efface incomprehensible inconspicuous inglorious invisible obliterate unclear uncomprehensible unconnected

Sample sentences

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May I ask a few more questions about that point? It's a little obscure.

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The meaning of this sentence is obscure.

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Modern poetry is often most obscure.

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The meaning is still obscure to me.

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