obscure

Meaning

Synonyms

obnubilate

little-known

shade off

be unclear

be vague

mix in

become dark

grow dark

keep secret

lack of wisdom

out-of-the-way place

be ambiguous

be indeterminate

not clear

screen from

not bright

leave in darkness

mound over

unseeyn

hardly perceptible to the eye

in the clouds

hide from sight

intercept vision

keep someone in the dark

fameless

grow over

hard to understand

little known

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
ob‧scure
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əbˈskjʊə(ɹ)/
Etymology

From Middle English obscure, from Old French obscur, from Latin obscūrus (“dark, dusky, indistinct”), from ob- + *scūrus, from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-. Doublet of oscuro.

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