obscure

adj

1. vague, unclear, indefinite, uncertain, doubtful, dubious; abstruse, recondite, arcane; ambiguous, equivocal, cryptic, enigmatic; unfathomable, impenetrable, incomprehensible, mysterious, perplexing, puzzling, confusing, confused.

2. inconspicuous, unnoticeable, insignificant, undistinguished; unknown, unheard of, unhonored, unsung, inglorious, nameless, unnoted, unrenowned; hidden, remote, retired, secluded, unnoticed, out-of-the-way.

3. faint, vague, imperceptible, indiscernible; undefined, indistinct, hazy, blurred, fuzzy, bleared, veiled.

4. dark, black, overcast, lightless, gloomy; murky, shadowy, somber, cloudy, dim, dusky, Literary. darkling, lowering, funereal; misty, foggy, smoky, filmy, starless, moonless, sunless, unilluminated, unlighted; tenebrous, Archaic. caliginous.

v

5. obfuscate, muddy, conceal, hide, disguise, veil, make abstruse; confuse, baffle, mystify, perplex, bewilder.

6. make dim, bedim, cloud, becloud, begloom, benight, fog, befog; darken, blacken, blur, dull, dim; overcast, overcloud, overshadow, shadow, mask, curtain, cloak, shroud; eclipse, adumbrate