Antonyms for obscure
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : uhb-skyoor |
| Phonetic Transcription : əbˈskyʊər |
- apparent
- approachable
- bare
- bright
- brighten
- clarify
- clear
- clear up
- common
- definite
- distinct
- distinguished
- explain
- explicit
- exposed
- familiar
- famous
- friendly
- illuminate
- known
- lay out
- lighten
- loose
- near
- nearby
- obvious
- open
- perceptible
- plain
- public
- related
- relevant
- reveal
- revealed
- straightforward
- uncover
- uncovered
- understood
- unmask
- unmysterious
- visible
- warm
Definition of obscure
Origin :- c.1400, "dark," figuratively "morally unenlightened; gloomy," from Old French obscur, oscur "dark, clouded, gloomy; dim, not clear" (12c.) and directly from Latin obscurus "dark, dusky, shady," figuratively "unknown; unintelligible; hard to discern; from insignificant ancestors," from ob "over" (see ob-) + -scurus "covered," from PIE *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see sky). Related: Obscurely.
- adj not easily understood
- adj cloudy, shadowy
- adj out-of-the-way, little-known
- verb conceal, hide
- Words are not more than tasteless drapery to obscure their lines.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- It was about half-past eight, and the night had been obscure for some time.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- We should not let the much that is to do obscure the much which has been done.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- This was still an obscure question, to which, in her inexperience, she found no answer.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- His parentage was obscure, and he was generally known only by his nickname of Professor.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- And yet there is an obscure connection with Ormond, or his vision, if it was a vision.
- Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
- How will it be with us, and with her, in the obscure distance?'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- There was one in an obscure corner that I had not before observed.
- Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte
- Let us be jealous that the human shall not obscure the divine.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- They are interassociated by laws that are obscure, yet which can be vaguely perceived.
- Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
Synonyms for obscure
- abstruse
- adumbrate
- ambiguous
- arcane
- becloud
- bedim
- befog
- belie
- blear
- blind
- block
- block out
- blur
- blurred
- cabalistic
- caliginous
- camouflage
- clear as mud
- cloak
- close
- cloud
- cloud the issue
- clouded
- complicated
- con
- concealed
- confuse
- confusing
- cover
- cover up
- covered
- cryptic
- dark
- darken
- deep
- dense
- devious
- dim
- disguise
- distant
- double-talk
- doubtful
- dusk
- dusky
- eclipse
- enigmatic
- enigmatical
- equivocate
- esoteric
- faint
- falsify
- far
- far-off
- far-out
- fog
- fuliginous
- fuzz
- gloom
- gloomy
- gray
- haze
- hazy
- hidden
- humble
- illegible
- illogical
- impenetrable
- inaccessible
- incomprehensible
- inconceivable
- inconspicuous
- incredible
- indecisive
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indistinct
- inexplicable
- inglorious
- inscrutable
- insoluble
- intricate
- invisible
- involved
- irrelevant
- lightless
- lonesome
- lowly
- mask
- minor
- misrepresent
- mist
- muddy
- muddy the waters
- murk
- murky
- mysterious
- nameless
- obfuscate
- obfuscated
- occult
- odd
- opaque
- oracular
- orphic
- overcast
- overcloud
- overshadow
- pettifog
- rare
- recondite
- remote
- removed
- reticent
- retired
- screen
- secluded
- secret
- secretive
- seldom seen
- sequestered
- shade
- shadow
- shady
- shroud
- solitary
- somber
- stonewall
- tenebrous
- throw up smoke screen
- umbrageous
- unaccountable
- unbelievable
- unclear
- undefined
- undisclosed
- undistinguished
- unfathomable
- unheard-of
- unhonored
- unilluminated
- unimportant
- unintelligible
- unknown
- unlit
- unnoted
- unseen
- unsung
- vague
- veil
- veiled
- wrap
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