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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Obscuring (0.00827 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Obscuring.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: obscure kelam, mengaburkan, menggelapkan
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: Obscuring 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. [1913 Webster] They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Why, 't is an office of discovery, love, And I should be obscured. --Shak. [1913 Webster] There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured by the writings of learned men as this. --Wake. [1913 Webster] And seest not sin obscures thy godlike frame? --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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