obscure

ob-scure · adjective/verb

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Definitions

adjective/verb

  1. 1.

    Not discovered or known about; uncertain.

  2. 2.

    To keep from being seen; to conceal.

  3. 3.

    Not clearly expressed or easily understood.

  4. 4.

    To make unclear or difficult to understand.

  5. 5.

    Hard to see or make out; not clearly visible.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    obscure reference — a mention that few people would recognize

Related words

Antonyms: clear, famous, reveal, well-known
See also: hidden, unclear, vague
Synonyms: conceal, hide, unclear, unknown, vague

Etymology

From Old French obscur, from Latin obscurus ("dark, dim, indistinct"), from ob- ("over") + a root related to scurus ("covered").