Usually means: Not clear, known by few.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word obscure:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. obscure: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. obscure: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. obscure: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. obscure: Collins English Dictionary
  5. obscure: Vocabulary.com
  6. Obscure, obscure: Wordnik
  7. obscure: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. obscure: Wiktionary
  9. obscure: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. obscure: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. obscure: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Obscure, obscure, the obscure: Dictionary.com
  13. obscure (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. obscure: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. ObsCure (video game), ObsCure, Obscure (band), Obscure (video game), Obscure: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Obscure: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. obscure: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. obscure: Rhymezone
  19. obscure, obscure: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. obscure: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. obscure: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. obscure: Free Dictionary
  23. obscure: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. obscure: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. obscure: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. obscure: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. OBSCURE: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. OBSCURE: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Bryological (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Obscure: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See obscuration as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Dark, faint or indistinct.
adjective:  Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
adjective:  Difficult to understand.
adjective:  Not well-known.
adjective:  Unknown or uncertain; unclear.
verb:  (transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
verb:  (transitive) To hide, put out of sight etc.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To conceal oneself; to hide.

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