obscure
adjective
[ əbˈskjʊə ]
• not discovered or known about; uncertain.
• "his origins and parentage are obscure"
Similar:
unclear,
uncertain,
unknown,
in doubt,
doubtful,
dubious,
mysterious,
hazy,
vague,
indeterminate,
concealed,
hidden,
• not clearly expressed or easily understood.
• "obscure references to Proust"
Similar:
abstruse,
recondite,
arcane,
esoteric,
recherché,
occult,
enigmatic,
mystifying,
puzzling,
perplexing,
baffling,
ambiguous,
cryptic,
equivocal,
Delphic,
oracular,
riddling,
oblique,
opaque,
elliptical,
unintelligible,
uninterpretable,
incomprehensible,
impenetrable,
unfathomable,
inexplicable,
unexplained,
as clear as mud,
obscure
verb
• keep from being seen; conceal.
• "grey clouds obscure the sun"
Similar:
hide,
conceal,
cover,
veil,
shroud,
screen,
mask,
cloak,
cast a shadow over,
shadow,
envelop,
mantle,
block,
block out,
blank out,
obliterate,
eclipse,
overshadow,
enshroud,
bedim,
benight,
obnubilate,
adumbrate,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French obscur, from Latin obscurus ‘dark’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘cover’.
