| blurry | | |
| adj. | 1. bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy | indistinct or hazy in outline.; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes" |
| ~ indistinct | not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand.; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do" |
| hazy | | |
| adj. | 1. brumous, foggy, hazy, misty | filled or abounding with fog or mist.; "a brumous October morning" |
| ~ cloudy | full of or covered with clouds.; "cloudy skies" |
| 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. |
| opaque | | |
| adj. | 1. opaque | not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight.; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays" |
| ~ unclear | not clear to the mind.; "the law itself was unclear on that point"; "the reason for their actions is unclear to this day" |
| ~ mirky, murky, turbid, cloudy, muddy | (of liquids) clouded as with sediment.; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters" |
| ~ fogged, foggy | obscured by fog.; "he could barely see through the fogged window" |
| ~ frosted | (of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost.; "frosted glass" |
| ~ glaucous | having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants.; "glaucous stems"; "glaucous plums"; "glaucous grapes" |
| ~ light-tight, lightproof | not penetrable by light.; "lightproof containers" |
| ~ milklike, milky, whitish | resembling milk in color not clear.; "milky glass" |
| ~ semiopaque | partially opaque. |
| ~ solid | impenetrable for the eye.; "solid blackness" |
| adj. | 2. opaque, unintelligible | not clearly understood or expressed. |
| ~ uncomprehensible, incomprehensible | difficult to understand.; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible" |
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