Obscure
Unclear
Synonyms Unclear, unknown, doubtful, mysterious, vague, concealed, uncertain, in doubt, dubious, hazy, indeterminate, and hidden.
Unknown
Synonyms Little known, unheard of, insignificant, inconsequential, unnoticed, anonymous, humble, unrenowned, unrecognized, inglorious, unknown, undistinguished, unimportant, inconspicuous, nameless, minor, lowly, unsung, unhonoured, and forgotten.
Recondite
Synonyms Abstruse, arcane, recherché, enigmatic, puzzling, baffling, cryptic, Delphic, riddling, opaque, unintelligible, incomprehensible, unfathomable, unexplained, recondite, esoteric, occult, mystifying, perplexing, ambiguous, equivocal, oracular, oblique, elliptical, uninterpretable, impenetrable, inexplicable, and as clear as mud.
Vague
Synonyms Indistinct, vague, unclear, blurry, hazy, veiled, clouded, fuzzy, dim, black, sombre, shady, dusky, darkling, caliginous, faint, ill-defined, blurred, misty, foggy, cloudy, nebulous, dark, unlit, murky, gloomy, shadowy, tenebrous, crepuscular, and Cimmerian.
Cover
Synonyms Hide, cover, shroud, mask, cast a shadow over, envelop, block, blank out, eclipse, enshroud, benight, adumbrate, conceal, veil, screen, cloak, shadow, mantle, block out, obliterate, overshadow, bedim, and obnubilate.
Cloud
Synonyms Confuse, obfuscate, blur, muddy the waters, befog, complicate, cloud, muddy, and becloud.
Example Sentences
The meaning was obscure at first.
They visited an obscure village yesterday.
The clouds obscure the mountain view.
His references were too obscure here.