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obscured

Meanings
  • Adjective

    Covered or hidden from view

  • Verb

    Make something unclear or unintelligible

Pronunciation




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Synonyms

becloud , bedarken , bedim , bemist
Rhymes
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curd , herd , nurd , turd
Homophones
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  1. Obscure (English) : Hard to understand

  2. Obscure (English) : A person who is unknown or not well-known

Variants
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obscuration , obscurations , obscure , obscured , obscures , obscuring
Forms
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obscures, obscuredly, obscurement

Etymology
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From Old French obscur, from obscure, from ob- 'against' + scurus 'dark'.

Trivia
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  1. Obscured is the title of a 2002 album by the heavy metal band My Dying Bride.

  2. The term 'obscure' is often used to describe music or art that is not widely known or popular.

Related Concepts
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  1. Opaque: Lacking transparency; not clear or transparent

  2. Concealed: Hidden from view or knowledge

Quotes
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  1. It was eight o'clock when we landed; we walked for a short time on the shore enjoying the transitory light, and then retired to the inn and contemplated the lovely scene of waters, woods, and mountains, "obscured" in darkness, yet still displaying their black outlines.

    - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,{it}Frankenstein{/it},1818

  2. But evening comes or even noon and some combination of nervous tensions "obscures" my memories of what whiskey costs me in the way of physical and intellectual well-being.

    - John Cheever,{it}New Yorker{/it},13 Aug. 1990

  3. Throughout this book, the ground of fact becomes "obscured" entirely by a deep layer of speculative quicksand.

    - Helen Vendler,{it}New Republic{/it},10 June 2002

  4. … [Mr. Schuller's] … "Early Jazz" brought a sometimes Olympian precision to writing about an art that has often languished in the whale's belly of sociology, "obscured" by pretension and blubbery thinking.

    - Stanley Crouch,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},2 Apr. 1989
Culture
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Obscured has been used in literature to describe a hidden or mysterious quality, such as in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death'. In art, obscured can refer to a technique used to create depth or texture, such as in chiaroscuro. In music, it can refer to a genre that is not well-known or popular.

How to Memorize "obscured"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a scene where something is covered or hidden from view, such as a person wearing a cloak or a book with pages obscured by a dust cover.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word with the feeling of being hidden or covered up, such as feeling protected or safe when hiding from the rain.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic by remembering the first letter of each definition: C (covered) O (covered or hidden) B (obscures) S (covered or hidden) C (covered or hidden)

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