obscure

Определение obscure в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: Difficult to understand; Dark, faint or indistinct; To hide, put out of sight etc; Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous; To darken, make faint etc; {v} to darken, to make less intelligible; {a} dark, gloomy, difficult, unknown; Patterned shower door glass with a clouded element lending more privacy to the bather The irregular pattern of the glass conceals waterspots and fingerprints; make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"; To obscure something means to make it difficult to understand. the jargon that frequently obscures educational writing This issue has been obscured by recent events; have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke not drawing attention; "an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet"; "an obscure flaw" not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war; Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim; make obscure or unclear; "The distinction was obscured"; make difficult to perceive by sight; "The foliage of the huge tree obscures the view of the lake"; make obscure or unclear; "The distinction was obscured" make difficult to perceive by sight; "The foliage of the huge tree obscures the view of the lake" make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds" not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P; not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war"; remote and separate physically or socially; "existed over the centuries as a world apart"; "preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W H Hudson; "tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"; "an obscure village"; have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke not drawing attention; "an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet"; "an obscure flaw"; Not noticeable; humble; mean; Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription; The use of terrain, man-made obscurants, or limited visibility to hamper the enemy's observation or target acquisition of friendly forces In a breach operation, one of the four breaching fundamentals; marked by difficulty of style or expression; "much that was dark is now quite clear to me"; "those who do not appreciate Kafka's work say his style is obscure"; Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed; Hard to understand; glass that has been made translucent by grinding, sandblasting, or acid etching; Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects; If one thing obscures another, it prevents it from being seen or heard properly. One wall of the parliament building is now almost completely obscured by a huge banner; Something that is obscure is difficult to understand or deal with, usually because it involves so many parts or details. The contracts are written in obscure language straightforward; not drawing attention; "an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet"; "an obscure flaw"; If something or someone is obscure, they are unknown, or are known by only a few people. The origin of the custom is obscure The hymn was written by an obscure Greek composer for the 1896 Athens Olympics; {f} make vague; make indistinct; make cloudy; make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"; Not well-known; not easily understood; not clearly understood; not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P; unclear, difficult to understand; make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"; difficult to find; "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat"; Sorokin; "vague; not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war; 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 conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark; forms of speech; {s} vague, hazy; dark, dim; unknown, concealed, mysterious; not clear; hard to understand; not noticeable; of little importance; A window is obscured if some other window obscures it A window can be partially obscured and so still have visible regions Window A obscures window B if both are viewable InputOutput windows, if A is higher in the global stacking order, and if the rectangle defined by the outside edges of A intersects the rectangle defined by the outside edges of B Note the distinction between obscures and occludes Also note that window borders are included in the calculation; Obscurity; foggy; inglourious; tenebrific
obscured: Simple past tense and past participle of obscure
obscureness: obscurity
obscurely: dimly
clare-obscure: {n} light and shade in painting
obscuration: {n} the act of darkenning, darkness
obscurely: {a} darkly, imperfectly, privately
obscureness: {n} darkness, privacy
Obscured: adumbrated
obscuration: {i} state of being obscure; darkening, dimming; befogging, making vague; lack of brightness, lack of clarity
obscuration: The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse
obscured: past of obscure
obscurely: in an obscure manner; "this work is obscurely written
obscurely: In an obscure manner
obscurely: in an obscure manner; "this work is obscurely written"
obscurely: in an obscure manner; unclearly, vaguely
obscureness: ambiguity
obscureness: the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
obscureness: {i} vagueness, ambiguousness; indistinctness, haziness; being unremarkable, being unworthy of distinction
obscureness: unimportance
obscurer: {i} one who obscures; person or thing that shadows; person or thing that makes vague; person or thing that confuses
obscurer: One who, or that which, obscures
obscures: third-person singular of obscure
obscuring: present participle of obscure

obscure

Расстановка переносов

ob·scure

Турецкое произношение

ıbskyûr

Синонимы

enigmatic, mysterious, esoteric, abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, clear as mud, complicated, concealed, confusing, cryptic, dark, deep, dim, doubtful

Антонимы

clear, apparent, explicit, obvious, perceptible, understood, bright, visible, distinguished, famous, known, illuminate, loose, reveal

Произношение

/əbˈskyo͝or/ /əbˈskjʊr/

Этимология

[ äb-'skyur, &b- ] (adjective.) 15th century. From French obscur Latin obscūrus (“dark, dusky, indistinct”), possibly ob (“over”) + -scurus (“covered”) scu (“cover”), seen also in scutum (“a shield”); see scutum, sky.