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Synonyms for obscure

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for obscure

deficient in brightness

not readily noticed or seen

not known or not widely known by name

liable to more than one interpretation

to conceal in obscurity

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Synonyms for obscure

make less visible or unclear

make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

make obscure or unclear

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reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

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make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

not clearly understood or expressed

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marked by difficulty of style or expression

difficult to find

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not famous or acclaimed

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not drawing attention

remote and separate physically or socially

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Specifically, the diagnostic rate for obscure digestive tract bleeding in 562 patients was 85.9% (483/562), and the rate for obscure diarrhea was 73.5% (336/457); the rates for obscure abdominal pain and weight loss were low, namely, 48.2% (448/930) and 49.1% (390/795), respectively; the rate for obscure intestinal obstruction was 62.9% (39/62).
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He explained: "It's a mixture of playing and sampling stuff as we're playing, and also sampling pretty obscure records.
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The bands mostly cover 1970s and 1980s trash punk tunes from bands like the Wipers and the Kids and more obscure stuff, by some equally obscure bands, although hopefully you've heard of a few of them (Carbonas, Tyrades, Heartattacks, Feelers) ...
While attending the World Figure Skating Championships in Paris in March 1989, I helped purchase a final installment of printing equipment to be delivered to a third-floor walk-up office in an obscure arrondissement.
While these men seem obscure both to us and to Aaron, they were not obscure to God and were chosen to act as prophets, by no one other than God.
When Little Britain first appeared on our screens, it was weird, obscure and very, very funny.
Unleashing the Power of PR also debunks common myths that undercut the effectiveness of PR and obscure its real value.
The somewhat dramatic accounts of Einstein's five papers sometimes obscure the fact that it was not truly that sudden a leap which brought us face to face with a space-time continuum subtly curved to give rise to gravity.
He crooned obscure torch songs and introduced each volunteer warmly.
The last foot of the hose used to lie out in the open, so Dlugosh planted the thyme one fall to obscure it.
At such distances, the curvature of Earth can obscure whatever buildings and structures originally emitted the light.