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obscure
/əbˈskjʊɹ/
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What does obscure mean?
adjective
- Dark, faint or indistinct.
- Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse.
More meanings (5)
adjective
- Not well-known.
- Unknown or uncertain; unclear.
verb
- To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.
- To hide, put out of sight etc.
- (obsolete) To conceal oneself; to hide.
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IPA pronunciation
/əbˈskjʊɹ/
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There were some who proceeded sullenly, full of anger at their wounds, and ready to turn upon anything as an obscure cause.
He turned back a few steps and was lost in grave reflection, finally wending his way homeward by the obscure river-side path.
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I find myself in a position to throw light on just that part of his tragic career which has remained most obscure.
It is time that has made mountains with grains of sand and raised the obscure cell of geological eras to human dignity.
There was scarcely an obscure village to be found wherein this bewitching basilisk did not exercise its powers of fascination and destruction.