Found 3 items, similar to Obscure.
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: obscure
obscure
adj 1: not clearly understood or expressed;
“an obscure turn of
phrase”;
“an impulse to go off and fight certain
obscure battles of his own spirit”-Anatole Broyard;
“their descriptions of human behavior become vague,
dull, and unclear”- P.A.Sorokin;
“vague...forms of
speech...have so long passed for mysteries of
science”- John Locke [syn:
vague]
2: marked by difficulty of style or expression;
“much that was
dark is now quite clear to me”;
“those who do not
appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure” [syn:
dark]
3: difficult to find;
“hidden valleys”;
“a hidden cave”;
“an
obscure retreat” [syn:
hidden]
4: not famous or acclaimed;
“an obscure family”;
“unsung heroes
of the war” [syn:
unknown,
unsung]
5: not drawing attention;
“an unnoticeable cigarette burn on
the carpet”;
“an obscure flaw” [syn:
unnoticeable]
6: remote and separate physically or socially;
“existed over
the centuries as a world apart”;
“preserved because they
inhabited a place apart”- W.H.Hudson;
“tiny isolated
villages remote from centers of civilization”;
“an obscure
village” [syn:
apart(p),
isolated]
obscure
v 1: make less visible or unclear;
“The stars are obscured by the
clouds” [syn:
befog,
becloud,
obnubilate,
haze over
,
fog,
cloud,
mist]
2: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred;
“Her remarks confused
the debate”;
“Their words obnubilate their intentions”
[syn:
confuse,
blur,
obnubilate]
3: make obscure or unclear;
“The distinction was obscured”
[syn:
bedim,
overcloud]
4: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or
concealing;
“a hidden message”;
“a veiled threat” [syn:
blot out
,
obliterate,
veil,
hide]
5: make difficult to perceive by sight;
“The foliage of the
huge tree obscures the view of the lake” [syn:
benight,
bedim]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Obscure
Obscure
\Ob*scure"\ ([o^]b*sk[=u]r"), v. i.
To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark. [Obs.]
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How! There's bad news.
I must obscure, and hear it. --Beau. & Fl.
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Obscure
\Ob*scure"\, n.
Obscurity. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Obscure
\Ob*scure"\ ([o^]b*sk[=u]r"), a. [Compar.
Obscurer
([o^]b*sk[=u]r"[~e]r); superl.
Obscurest.] [L. obscurus,
orig., covered; ob- (see
Ob-) + a root probably meaning, to
cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf. F.
obscur. Cf.
Sky.]
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1. Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light;
imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim.
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His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
--Prov. xx.
20.
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2. Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to
the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from
observation; unnoticed.
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The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong night. --Shak.
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The obscure corners of the earth. --Sir J.
Davies.
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3. Not noticeable; humble; mean.
“O base and obscure
vulgar.” --Shak.
“An obscure person.” --Atterbury.
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4. Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or
incomprehensible; as, an obscure passage or inscription.
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5. Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an
obscure view of remote objects.
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Obscure rays (Opt.), those rays which are not luminous or
visible, and which in the spectrum are beyond the limits
of the visible portion.
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Syn: Dark; dim; darksome; dusky; shadowy; misty; abstruse;
intricate; difficult; mysterious; retired; unnoticed;
unknown; humble; mean; indistinct.
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Obscure
\Ob*scure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Obscured
([o^]b*sk[=u]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Obscuring.] [L.
obscurare, fr. obscurus: cf. OF. obscurer. See
Obscure, a.]
To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the
dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible,
glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
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They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with
obscured lights. --Shak.
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Why, 't is an office of discovery, love,
And I should be obscured. --Shak.
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There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured by
the writings of learned men as this. --Wake.
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And seest not sin obscures thy godlike frame? --Dryden.
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