Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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obscure | No | Yes | Yes | No |
obscureness | Yes | No | No | No |
obscure (noun) | obscureness (noun) |
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the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand | |
the state of being humble and unimportant | |
the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination |
obscure (adjective) | obscureness (adjective) |
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difficult to find | |
marked by difficulty of style or expression | |
not drawing attention | |
not famous or acclaimed | |
not clearly expressed or understood | |
remote and separate physically or socially |
obscure (verb) | obscureness (verb) |
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make unintelligible or unclear | |
make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | |
reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa | |
make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | |
make less visible or unclear |