| obscure | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. becloud, befog, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure | make less visible or unclear.; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley" |
| ~ conceal, hide | prevent from being seen or discovered.; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" |
| ~ overshadow | cast a shadow upon.; "The tall tree overshadowed the house" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. blur, confuse, obnubilate, obscure | make unclear, indistinct, or blurred.; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ confuse, confound | mistake one thing for another.; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" |
| ~ muddy | cause to become muddy.; "These data would have muddied the prediction" |
| v. (change) | 3. bedim, obscure, overcloud | make obscure or unclear.; "The distinction was obscured" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (change) | 4. obscure | reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa. |
| ~ linguistics | the scientific study of language. |
| ~ reduce | destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it. |
| v. (change) | 5. blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil | make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ efface, obliterate | remove completely from recognition or memory.; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" |
| ~ mystify | make mysterious.; "mystify the story" |
| adj. | 6. obscure, vague | not clearly understood or expressed.; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science" |
| ~ unclear | not clear to the mind.; "the law itself was unclear on that point"; "the reason for their actions is unclear to this day" |
| adj. | 7. dark, obscure | marked by difficulty of style or expression.; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure" |
| ~ uncomprehensible, incomprehensible | difficult to understand.; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible" |
| adj. | 8. hidden, obscure | difficult to find.; "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat" |
| ~ concealed | hidden on any grounds for any motive.; "a concealed weapon"; "a concealed compartment in his briefcase" |
| adj. | 9. obscure, unknown, unsung | not famous or acclaimed.; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war" |
| ~ inglorious | not bringing honor and glory.; "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest" |
| adj. | 10. obscure, unnoticeable | not drawing attention.; "an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet"; "an obscure flaw" |
| ~ inconspicuous, invisible | not prominent or readily noticeable.; "he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole"; "the invisible man" |
| adj. | 11. apart, isolated, obscure | remote and separate physically or socially.; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village" |
| ~ unconnected | not joined or linked together. |
| unknown | | |
| n. (location) | 1. terra incognita, unknown, unknown region | an unknown and unexplored region.; "they came like angels out the unknown" |
| ~ region | a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth.; "penguins inhabit the polar regions" |
| n. (person) | 2. alien, stranger, unknown | anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found. |
| ~ outsider, foreigner | someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group. |
| ~ interloper, intruder, trespasser | someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission. |
| n. (communication) | 3. unknown, unknown quantity | a variable whose values are solutions of an equation. |
| ~ variable | a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity. |
| adj. | 4. unknown | not known.; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source" |
| ~ unacknowledged | not recognized or admitted. |
| ~ unfamiliar | not known or well known.; "a name unfamiliar to most"; "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings" |
| ~ inglorious | not bringing honor and glory.; "some mute inglorious Milton here may rest" |
| ~ chartless, uncharted, unmapped | (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated.; "uncharted seas" |
| ~ little-known | unknown to most people. |
| ~ unbeknown, unbeknownst | (usually used with `to') occurring or existing without the knowledge of.; "a crisis unbeknown to me"; "she had been ill for months, unbeknownst to the family" |
| ~ undiagnosed | eluding diagnosis.; "undiagnosed disease" |
| ~ unexplored, undiscovered | not yet discovered.; "undiscovered islands" |
| ~ unheard-of | previously unknown.; "a first novel by an unheard of writer"; "developments on an unheard-of scale" |
| ~ unidentified | not yet identified.; "an unidentified species"; "an unidentified witness" |
| adj. | 5. nameless, unidentified, unknown, unnamed | being or having an unknown or unnamed source.; "a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor" |
| ~ anon., anonymous | having no known name or identity or known source.; "anonymous authors"; "anonymous donors"; "an anonymous gift" |
| adj. | 6. unknown | not known to exist.; "things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths" |
| ~ unsuspected | not suspected or believed likely.; "remained unsuspected as the head of the spy ring"; "he was able to get into the building unspotted and unsuspected"; "unsuspected difficulties arose"; "unsuspected turnings in the road" |
| adj. | 7. strange, unknown | not known before.; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house" |
| ~ unfamiliar | not known or well known.; "a name unfamiliar to most"; "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings" |
| envelop | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap | enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.; "Fog enveloped the house" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| ~ benight | envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness.; "The benighted peoples of this area" |
| ~ tube | place or enclose in a tube. |
| ~ capsulate, capsule, capsulise, capsulize | enclose in a capsule. |
| ~ engulf | flow over or cover completely.; "The bright light engulfed him completely" |
| ~ sheathe | enclose with a sheath.; "sheathe a sword" |
| ~ cocoon | wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection. |
| ~ bathe | suffuse with or as if with light.; "The room was bathed in sunlight" |
| ~ enshroud, shroud, hide, cover | cover as if with a shroud.; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery" |
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