Obscures

Synonyms for "obscures" (599 found)

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Closest matches (120)

becloud bedim cimmerian confuse enigmatic hidden incomprehensible unnoticeable unsung vague abstruse adiaphanous adumbrate aleatoric aleatory ambiguous amorphic amorphous amphibological anarchic

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Verb(9 words)

becloud bedim bedarken befog bemist blot out blur cloud conceal

Adjective(12 words)

dark enigmatic mysterious recondite ;abstruse arcane blear caliginous chinese cimmerian concealed

Adjective(1 words)

apart

Strong matches (180)

Verb(5 words)

confuse fog haze over hide hide out

confused confusing cope corrupt cover cover up covered covert cowl crabbed cramp cryptic curtain dark dark as night dark as pitch darken darken over darkling darksome

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daze dazzle dead of night deep deform deprive of sight devious difficult dim dim out disguise dismal disorder disordered disorderly dissemble distant distort distract attention from dodge double-edged double-faced doubtful dubious dull dun dusk dusky ebon ebony eclipse eclipsed encloud encompass with shadow enmist ensconce enshroud envelop equivocal equivocate erebus esoteric evade evade the issue excecate extinguish faint falsify far far-off fathomless featureless feeble fence film filmy fine fog fog up foggy foreign formless fuliginous fuzz fuzzy garble garbled general glare gloom gloomy gloss over gouge grumly half-seen half-visible hard hard to understand haze hazy hedge hid hide hit-or-miss hood hoodwink humble ignotus ill-defined illegible imperceptible impervious to light imprecise in a cloud in a fog in eclipse in purdah in the wings inaccessible inaccurate inchoate incoherent incommunicado inconclusive inconsequential inconspicuous indecisive indefinable indefinite indeterminable indeterminate indistinct indistinguishable inexact inexplicable inform inglorious inscrutable insignificant

Adjective(34 words)

covered crepuscular darkling darksome dense dern dim dimpsy dingy dull dusky esoteric fathomless fuliginous fuzzy gloomy greek hazy hidden ignote

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ill-defined ill-marked impenetrable inapprehensible incognizable incomprehensible indefinite indistinct indistinguishable ineffable inenubilable inexplicable inscrutable insensible

Adjective(2 words)

dark hidden

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Adjective(65 words)

insoluble insolvable invisible knownless latent leaden lightless mirksome murksome murky muzzy mystic nonunderstandable obfuscated obfuscatory obscured obsolete occluded occult occulted

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intangible intransparent intricate ironic isolated jumble jumbled kaleidoscopic keep from keep under cover knotty latent lax lay on lay over light little known lonesome loose low profile

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low-profile lowly lumpen make blind make uncertain make unintelligible mantle mask mean merely glimpsed mess up minor 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 nitpick no credit to nondescript nonspecific nubilate nubilous obduce obfuscate obfuscated obnubilate obscured obscurity obumbrate occluded occult occultate occulted odd opaque orderless out of focus out-of-the-way overcast overcloud overlay overshadow oversmoke overspread overtechnical pale palter parry perplexed perplexing pervert pick nits pitch black pitch-black pitch-dark pitchy prevaricate profound pussyfoot put on puzzling questionable quibble random rayless recondite remote removed renownless retired roiled roily scramble scrambled screen scum secluded secluse secret semivisible sequestered shade shadow shadowed forth shadowy shady shapeless shield shift shroud shuffle shy sidestep slur over smog smoke snow-blind solitary somber split hairs spread over starless stochastic strange strike blind subfusc submerge subtle sunless superimpose superpose swarthiness sweeping tenebrious tenebrose tenebrous tergiversate tough transcendent turbid twilight ulterior umbral unambiguous uncelebrated uncertain unclear undefined under an eclipse under cover under house arrest under wraps undercover underground undestined undetermined undistinguished unemotional unemphatic unfamed unfamiliar unfathomable unform unglorified unheard of unheard-of unhonored unilluminated unimportant unintelligible unknown unlighted unlit unnamed unnotable unnoted unnoticed unordered unorganized unplain unpopular unrecognizable unremarked unrenowned unshape unspecified varnish veil veiled weak whitewash wrapped in clouds

Adjective(5 words)

isolated unknown unnoticeable unsung vague

Verb(9 words)

keep a low profile lie low mist obliterate obnubilate occult overcloud secrete veil

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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

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The ivy is good because it obscures those horrid cables.

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