Synonyms for opaque

Grammar : Adj

Spell : oh-peyk

Phonetic Transcription : oʊˈpeɪk

Top 10 synonyms for opaque

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Définition of opaque

Origin : early 15c., opake, from Latin opacus "shaded, in the shade, shady, dark, darkened, obscure," of unknown origin. Spelling influenced after c.1650 by French opaque (c.1500), from the Latin. Figurative use from 1761. Related: Opaquely; opaqueness.

adj clouded, muddy
adj hard to understand

Example sentences :

Daylight was scarcely visible through the opaque window-panes.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Around us were opaque mountains of clouds with irradiated edges.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Some days—and these were the most distressing of all—an opaque veil of smoke enveloped Paris.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

But where is the opaque breath of the storm, where are the clouds?
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

The spores are broadly elliptic-fusiform, black, opaque, 107.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

It is not surprising that he seized upon Riccis opaque watercolors.
Extract from : « John Baptist Jackson » by Jacob Kainen

His idea is that there are dark, opaque bodies outside this solar system.
Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort

They were shrouded in the fog which made the night heavy, opaque, and nauseous.
Extract from : « The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. » by Guy de Maupassant

Any opaque white paper will do, provided it is not too stiff.
Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan

Was the form a human form, or was it an opaque bush of juniper?
Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy

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