Synonyms:
obscure, vague
Meaning: not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke
Synonyms:
dark, obscure
Meaning: 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"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze_over, fog, cloud, mist
Meaning: make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; "the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley"
Synonyms:
confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
Meaning: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
Synonyms:
obscure, bedim, overcloud
Meaning: make obscure or unclear; "The distinction was obscured"
Usage examples
For Awhile A Very Obscure One
Hence these obscure destinies.
The "local" met in an obscure hall, over a grocery shop.
In the latter case they appear obscure, intricate, incoherent.
To the Press, for the fair field its honest suffrage has opened to an obscure aspirant.
"And since I am myself poor and obscure, I can offer you but a service of poverty and obscurity.
God delivers over to men his visible will in events, an obscure text written in a mysterious tongue.
And I asked myself this question: 'How came these foreign stragglers here in this obscure northern town?'
"We had time on our side before. Now, if he gets away from us he can live out his days on some obscure planet.
Forasmuch as ambition never comports itself better, according to itself, than when it proceeds by obscure and unfrequented ways.