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Meanings of obscure in English

Portuguese
encobrir
Catalan
emboirar-se
Wikidata

Make less visible or unclear.

      encobrir
      Portuguese
      apagar
      Catalan
      fosquejar
      Spanish
      condenar al olvido

      Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.

            apagar
            Portuguese
            obnubilar
            Catalan
            confondre
            Spanish
            hacer confuso

            Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred.

                  obnubilar
                  Spanish
                  ensombrecer

                  Make obscure or unclear.

                        ensombrecer
                        Usage of obscure in English
                        1
                        Be aware, however, that this data is extremely verbose and often obscure.
                        Essential system administration, 3rd edition
                        2
                        Former paramilitaries often mobilise political rhetoric to justify or obscure criminal intent.
                        The Guardian
                        3
                        LibSems have been held annually for 40 years, often in obscure places.
                        The South African
                        4
                        However, the molecular mechanism responsible for NMDA-induced β-cell dysfunction remains largely obscure.
                        Pubmed
                        5
                        However, a majority of this annotation is scattered in obscure data sources.
                        Pubmed
                        6
                        However, the mechanisms regulating ABO gene expression in epithelial cells remain obscure.
                        Pubmed
                        7
                        This time, however, the cards were unusually obscure, and difficult to interpret.
                        Death Mask
                        8
                        The longer and more obscure the words used, the bigger the contract.
                        The Guardian
                        9
                        The only problem is finding the right karaoke song -too obscure?
                        Wired
                        10
                        However, the molecular links between lipid metabolism and IL-1β production remain obscure.
                        Pubmed
                        11
                        The former sense is the more simple, the latter the more obscure.
                        Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
                        12
                        This may obscure the usual rise in mortality with increasing systolic pressure.
                        Pubmed
                        13
                        Her words were visible wraiths in the chill; her expression was obscure.
                        The marks of cain
                        14
                        The concern was lodged in two small rooms in an obscure office-building.
                        Love's Pilgrimage: A Novel
                        15
                        The latter part of this chapter is somewhat obscure in the original.
                        Plutarch's Lives, Volume 3 (of 4)
                        16
                        However, the molecular and cellular mechanism of adaptive reconsolidation still remains obscure.
                        Pubmed
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                        Obscure through the time
                        Obscure across language varieties
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