| Main Entry: | obscurity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vagueness |
Synonyms: |
ambiguity, darkness, dimness, fuzziness, indistinctness, obscureness, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | namelessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obscurity |
Synonyms: |
ambiguity, anonymity, darkness, dimness, fuzziness, indistinctness, obscureness, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | obscurity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
loose, abstruse, ambiguous, brumous, confused, crabbed, dark, dim, enigmatic, enigmatical, hidden, illegible, impenetrable, inapprehensible, incognizable, incommunicable, inconceivable, inconceptible, indefinite, inexplicable, inexpressible, inscrutable, insoluble, insolvable, involved, larvate, latent, latitant, macroscian, metagnostic, misty, muddy, mysterious, mystic, mystical, nebulous, nubilous, obscure, occult, paradoxical, perplexed, puzzlepated, puzzling, recondite, searchless, sphingine, tenebrific, transcendental, turbid, unaccountable, unconceived, undeciphered, undefinable, undetermined, undiscernible, undiscoverable, unexplained, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowable, vague
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| Concept: | Obscurity. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional means; language generally; various qualities of style |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
obscurity (unintelligibility); involution; hard words; ambiguity; unintelligibleness; vagueness, inexactness [more]; what d'ye call 'em (neologism) [more]; darkness of meaning.
-adjectives
obscure; crabbed, involved, confused.
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Antonyms: |
perspicuity |
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