Thesaurus of obscure words9/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa Veil, mist, benight, confuse, blot out, overcloud, becloud, fog, cloud over, blur, haze over, befog, obnubilate, obliterate, bedim, hide, cloud, cloud upĬonspicuous, unconcealed, comprehensible, glorious, connected, clear, comprehendible "Her remarks confused the debate" "Their words obnubilate their intentions"įuddle, film over, slur, confound, befuddle, fog, fox, confuse, becloud, jumble, cloud, smutch, mix up, glaze over, flurry, bedim, blot out, dim, mist, blur, throw, obliterate, haze over, overcloud, smear, hide, put off, smudge, befog, veil, disconcert, discombobulate, blear, bedevil, obnubilateĬonnected, conspicuous, comprehendible, unconcealed, comprehensible, glorious, clear ![]() ![]() Glorious, clear, comprehensible, unconcealed, conspicuous, connected, comprehendible Veil, mist, dapple, confuse, blot out, corrupt, overcloud, defile, becloud, fog, blur, haze over, befog, mottle, obnubilate, mist over, obliterate, overcast, taint, bedim, hide, sully, cloud "The stars are obscured by the clouds" "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley" Obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud, mist verb "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"Ĭonspicuous, unconcealed, comprehendible, comprehensible, connected, clear, glorious Remote and separate physically or socially Unnoticeable, dark, hidden, unknown, apart(p), vague, unobtrusive, isolated, unsungĬomprehendible, unconcealed, comprehensible, conspicuous, clear, glorious, connected "an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet" "an obscure flaw" Glorious, connected, conspicuous, comprehendible, clear, comprehensible, unconcealed Unnoticeable, dark, hidden, unnamed, unvalued, strange, unknown, unidentified, apart(p), vague, isolated, unappreciated, nameless, unsung "an obscure family" "unsung heroes of the war" Unnoticeable, dark, hidden, apart(p), out of sight, unknown, concealed, vague, isolated, secret, unsungĬonspicuous, glorious, comprehensible, connected, clear, comprehendible, unconcealed "hidden valleys" "a hidden cave" "an obscure retreat" Vague, sullen, unnoticeable, glum, dismal, dark, moody, apart(p), coloured, disconsolate, dark-skinned, black, gloomy, benighted, non-white, blue, glowering, sour, unknown, sinister, grim, dour, hidden, saturnine, sorry, drab, dingy, isolated, dreary, drear, unsung, moroseĬlear, comprehendible, comprehensible, connected, unconcealed, glorious, conspicuous "much that was dark is now quite clear to me" "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure" Marked by difficulty of style or expression Glorious, unconcealed, comprehendible, conspicuous, comprehensible, clear, connected Unnoticeable, dark, hidden, faint, shadowy, unknown, apart(p), vague, dim, isolated, undefined, wispy, unsung "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 Princeton's WordNet Rate these synonyms: 5.0 / 1 vote Compare COMPLEX DARK DIFFICULT MYSTERIOUS.Ībstruse, ambiguous, cloudy, complex, complicated, dark, darksome, deep, dense, difficult, dim, doubtful, dusky, enigmatical, hidden, incomprehensible, indistinct, intricate, involved, muddy, mysterious, profound, turbid, unintelligible In that which is abstruse (Latin abs, from, and trudo, push) as if removed from the usual course of thought or out of the way of apprehension or discovery, the thought is remote, hidden in that which is obscure there may be nothing to hide it is hard to see to the bottom of the profound, because of its depth, but the most shallow turbidness is obscure. That which is complicated is likely to be obscure, but that may be obscure which is not at all complicated and scarcely complex, as a muddy pool. That is obscure which the eye or the mind can not clearly discern or see through, whether because of its own want of transparency, its depth or intricacy, or because of mere defect of light. ![]()
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