obscurer

Meanings

• Noun

  A person or thing that makes something less clear or understandable.

  - "The fog was an obscurer of the mountain's peak."
  - "His thick accent was an obscurer in understanding his speech."

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Antonyms

clear

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Synonyms

cimmerian , dingy , fathomless , inscrutable , fuzzy , ill-defined , occluded , secluded , enigmatic , esoteric , mysterious

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with obscurer
darkener , encounterer , skulkier

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Variants

List of all variants of obscurer that leads to same result
obscure , obscurely , obscureness , obscurenesses , obscurer , obscurest

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

From Old French obscurer, meaning 'to darken, cloud over'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'obscurer' comes from the Latin word 'obscurus', which means 'dark' or 'hidden'.

2. In astronomy, an obscurer is a celestial body that blocks or obscures the light from another celestial body, such as a star or a planet.

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Related Concepts

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1. Mystery: Obscurer is related to the concept of mystery as it makes something less clear or understandable.

2. Secrecy: Obscurer is also related to secrecy as it involves hiding or keeping something concealed.

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Quotes

Quotes by authors and personalities

1. I knew they were special from their jeans and T-shirts, their knowing, ironic looks when "obscure" works of literature were referred to.

   - Julia Alvarez,{it}How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents{/it},1991

2. Many people shared an "obscure" sense of gratification that [Dylan] Thomas had died young, as a poet should.

   - Adam Kirsch,{it}New Yorker{/it},5 July 2004

3. But by 1830 the Boston Mission Board was desperate enough that it targeted an "obscure" sect of Oriental Christians, the Nestorians in faraway Iran, as a possibility for conversion.

   - Robert D. Kaplan,{it}The Arabists{/it},1993

4. Now at last Bacon could refer when he chose to his father's high position and his father's service—and no man could say it was done for self-aggrandizement, as a son who is "obscure" bespeaks the glory of past forebears.

   - Catherine Drinker Bowen,{it}Francis Bacon{/it},1963

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Culture

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Obscurer has been used in various contexts in literature and art to represent mystery, secrecy, or the unknown. For instance, in the novel 'Moby Dick' by Herman Melville, the character Captain Ahab is an obscurer as he keeps his true intentions hidden from the crew.

How to Memorize "obscurer"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine an object that covers or hides something from view.
   - Visualize a thick fog that makes it hard to see through.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'obscurer' with the concept of mystery or secrecy.
   - Think of an obscurer as something that hides or conceals.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a sentence: 'Obscurer makes things less clear, just like a foggy mirror'

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