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General dictionaries General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. obscure: V2 Vocabulary Building Dictionary [home, info]
  2. obscure: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  3. obscure: Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
  4. obscure: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  5. OBSCURE, Obscure, obscure: Wordnik [home, info]
  6. obscure: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  7. Obscure: Wiktionary [home, info]
  8. obscure: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  9. obscure: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  10. obscure: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  11. Obscure, obscure, the obscure: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  12. obscure (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  13. obscure: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  14. obscure: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  15. ObsCure, Obscure (song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  16. Obscure: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  17. obscure: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  18. obscure: Rhymezone [home, info]
  19. obscure, obscure: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  20. obscure: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  21. obscure: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms [home, info]
  22. obscure: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  23. obscure: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  24. obscure: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  25. obscure: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  26. obscure: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Business dictionaries Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. obscure: Legal dictionary [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. OBSCURE: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing [home, info]
  2. OBSCURE: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. OBSCURE, obscure: online medical dictionary [home, info]

Science dictionaries Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. obscure: Botanical Terms [home, info]
  2. obscure: Bryological [home, info]

Quick definitions (obscure)

verb:  make less visible or unclear ("The stars are obscured by the clouds")
verb:  make obscure or unclear ("The distinction was obscured")
verb:  make difficult to perceive by sight ("The foliage of the huge tree obscures the view of the lake")
verb:  make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
verb:  make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
adjective:  not clearly understood or expressed ("An obscure turn of phrase")
adjective:  not drawing attention ("An obscure flaw")
adjective:  not famous or acclaimed ("An obscure family")
adjective:  difficult to find ("An obscure retreat")
adjective:  marked by difficulty of style or expression ("Those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure")
adjective:  remote and separate physically or socially ("An obscure village")

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Words similar to obscure:   bedim, cloud, apart, becloud, befog, benight, blur, confuse, dark, fog, hidden, hide, indeterminate, isolated, mist, obliterate, obscuration, obscured, obscurely, obscureness, more...


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