opaque

opaque
adj
1. nontransparent, untransparent, nontranslucent, impervious to light; clouded, cloudy, nubilous, filmy; turbid, dense, murky; shady, hazy, foggy, misty, blurred, frosty; dirty, dingy, muddy, sooty, smoky, fuliginous; dark, black, overcast, gloomy.
2. dull, lusterless, dim, tarnished, not bright or shining, unglazed, mat.
3. obscure, vague, unclear, indefinite, uncertain, doubtful, dubious; abstruse, recondite, arcane; ambiguous, equivocal, cryptic, enigmatic; unfathomable, impenetrable, mysterious, perplexing, puzzling, confusing, confused.
4. unintelligent, witless, slow-witted, dull-witted, dull; stolid, obtuse, crass, Boeotian, bovine, blockish, lumpish; dense, thickheaded, Inf. thick, slow, stupid, Australian Inf. dill, Scot, and North Eng. dowf; backward, doltish, Sl. birdbrained, simple; empty-headed, vacuous; unimaginative, undiscerning.

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  • opaque — [ ɔpak ] adj. • XIVe; lat. opacus « ombragé, touffu » 1 ♦ Qui s oppose au passage de la lumière. Verre opaque. « Le brouillard qui rendait pesante, opaque et nauséabonde la nuit » ( Maupassant). Collant opaque. ♢ OPAQUE À... : qui s oppose au… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • opaque — [ō pāk′] adj. [ME opake < L opacus, shady] 1. not letting light pass through; not transparent or translucent 2. not reflecting light; not shining or lustrous; dull or dark 3. not allowing electricity, heat, etc. to pass through 4. hard to… …   English World dictionary

  • opaque — UK US /əʊˈpeɪk/ adjective ► difficult to understand or know about, especially because things have been intentionally kept secret or made complicated: »Governments have been able to maintain opaque and discriminatory procurement practices.… …   Financial and business terms

  • opaque — OPAQUE. adj. de tout genre. Terme dogmatique. Qui n est pas transparent. Corps opaque. cela est d une matiere opaque …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Opaque — O*paque , a. [F., fr. L. opacus. Cf. {Opacous}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance. [1913 Webster] 2. Obscure; not clear; unintelligible. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Opaque — O*paque , n. That which is opaque; opacity. Young. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • opaque — (adj.) early 15c., opake, from L. opacus shaded, shady, dark, of unknown origin. Spelling influenced after c.1650 by Fr. opaque (c.1500), from the Latin. Figurative use from 1761. Related: Opaquely; opaqueness …   Etymology dictionary

  • opaque — [adj1] clouded, muddy blurred, cloudy, dark, darkened, dim, dirty, dull, dusky, filmy, foggy, frosty, fuliginous, gloomy, hazy, impenetrable, lusterless, misty, muddied, murky, nontranslucent, nontransparent, nubilous, obfuscated, shady, smoky,… …   New thesaurus

  • opaque — ► ADJECTIVE (opaquer, opaquest) 1) not able to be seen through; not transparent. 2) difficult or impossible to understand. ► NOUN Photography ▪ a substance for producing opaque areas on negatives. DERIVATIVES opaquely adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • opaque — I adjective addlebrained, addleheaded, addlepated, ambiguous, asinine, benighted, bewildering, birdbrained, blind, blockish, boeotian, brainless, cloddish, clouded, cloudy, concealed, confused, confusing, cryptic, dark, dense, difficult,… …   Law dictionary

  • opaque — adj. 1 not clear enough to see through VERBS ▪ be, look ▪ become ▪ As the lens becomes more opaque, the patient notices a falling off in vision. ADVERB ▪ com …   Collocations dictionary

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