Obscure

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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.