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obscure

English

  1. 🔊 not clearly expressed or understood
    “an obscure turn of phrase”
  2. 🔊 not drawing attention
    “an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet”
  3. 🔊 not famous or acclaimed
    “an obscure family”
  4. 🔊 marked by difficulty of style or expression
    “much that was dark is now quite clear to me”
  5. 🔊 difficult to find
    “hidden valleys”
  6. 🔊 remote and separate physically or socially
    “existed over the centuries as a world apart”
  7. 🔊 make obscure or unclear
    “The distinction was obscured”
  8. 🔊 make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
    “a hidden message”
  9. 🔊 reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa
  10. 🔊 make less visible or unclear
    “The stars are obscured by the clouds”
  11. 🔊 make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
    “Her remarks confused the debate”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 ocultar to obscure
  2. 🔊 oscuro obscure, unclear

Similar words

bedim overcloud blot out obliterate veil hide confuse blur obnubilate befog becloud obnubilate haze over fog cloud mist vague dark apart(p) isolated unnoticeable unknown unsung hidden