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obscure

/əbˈskjɔː(ɹ)/
verb
  1. 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.

  2. To hide, put out of sight etc.

  3. To conceal oneself; to hide.

Synonymsbecloud, bedarken, bedim, bemist
adjective
  1. Dark, faint or indistinct.

  2. Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.

  3. Difficult to understand.

    "an obscure passage or inscription;    The speaker made obscure references to little-known literary works."

Synonymscimmerian, dingy, fathomless, inscrutable, fuzzy, ill-defined
Antonymsclear

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