Meaning

5 senses
  1. Dark, faint or indistinct.

    obskur, dunkel, vernebelt

    тёмныйtjómnyj, нея́сныйnejásnyj, сму́тныйsmútnyj

  2. Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.

    unbedeutend, versteckt, verborgen

    скры́тыйskrýtyj

  3. Difficult to understand; abstruse.

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

    unverständlich

    непоня́тныйneponjátnyj, нея́сныйnejásnyj, туманныйtumannyj

    difficult to find

  4. Not well-known.

    малоизве́стныйmaloizvéstnyj

  5. Unknown or uncertain; unclear.

    The etymological roots of the word "blizzard" are obscure and open to debate.

Examples

55 sentences
  1. The meaning of this sentence is obscure.

    Значення цього речення незрозуміле. — aandrusiak

    ruСмысл этого предложения неясен. — sharptoothed

    deDie Bedeutung dieses Satzes ist unklar. — Manfredo

  2. The reason why he left the tennis club is obscure.

    Причина, з якої він залишив тенісний клуб, неясна. — deniko

    deWarum er den Tennisklub verließ, ist nicht klar. — Dejo

  3. The goal is not to affect current oil production, but to obscure that country's energy future.

  4. Down in the valley a mist like a white feather rose gently into a white cloud, and obscured everything.

  5. Modern poetry is often most obscure.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
dark, faint or indistinct:
hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous:
difficult to understand:
not well-known:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
dark, faint or indistinct:
hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous:
difficult to understand:

Origin

From Middle English obscure, from Old French obscur, from Latin obscūrus (“dark, dusky, in

From Middle English obscure, from Old French obscur, from Latin obscūrus (“dark, dusky, indistinct”), from ob- + *scūrus, from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃-. Doublet of oscuro.

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Forms

obscurer/more obscure, obscurest/most obscure
Comparativeobscurer / more obscure Lesson
Superlativeobscurest / most obscure Lesson

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Synonyms

129 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

71 antonyms

Word family

20 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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