adjectiveobscurer, obscurest

• (not easily understood)

  (meaning)poco claro
  • In fact you appear to have to be very advanced in magical theory in order to understand most of the obscure written references about it.
  • Still, this is a Frank Black album, with its obscure references and abstruse lyrics.
  • Pondering the wisdom of basing a key joke on an obscure music reference that most people won't understand, I wander back downstairs to the lounge.
  • Oblique culinary references and obscure terms go against the grain of the present climate in the culinary world.
  • Characters are represented here, offering a narrative which is obscure and clearly personal to the artist.
  • If the communication gap is too wide, the message is too obscure for people to understand.
  • Individualistic and even idiosyncratic as Badri's style can be, no viewer can complain that his paintings are obscure or difficult to understand.
  • Sometimes the lyrics are obscure and difficult to understand, but stick with them as they are always worth it.
  • This section is disjointed, much is left unexplained, and Brooks uses many obscure local references.
  • According to the notes I've been sent, there seems to be a need to cut or alter all sorts of obscure references to German politicians and places because the audience here won't get them.
  • So much the better if you have a cache of slightly obscure references that you can dispense, especially if these bear only tangential relationship to what you are discussing.
  • With that in mind, which of the following obscure, graduate-level references does Mead not use in the article?
  • If you survive his maze of dense wordplay and obscure references, you will probably not find anything too terribly profound, but you'll still be smarter.
  • Phases that may seem like obscure references to people, animals or those things around us often have a very deep and profound meaning.
  • One of my favourite moments of the week is taking out the obscure Canadian reference and replacing it with an obscure American or British reference.
  • Could Mann's love of obscure references and epic sweep have prompted such hostile treatment?
  • Also, whether or not it's a specific form, do you happen to know a good site or book with reference to more obscure poetry forms?
  • Taylor's one of those crazy people with a humanities minor and is always making obscure references that I don't get.
  • His use of obscure jargon underscored the urgent need for secrecy and discretion.
  • With his artisan/architect demeanour most would expect more obscure references; more mystery, metaphor, or magic dust.
• (vague)

  (impression/feeling/memory)vago
  • It's to Professor McWorter's credit that he developed the right idea from a vague representation of an obscure intuition.
  • In the voice, words are flooded with soulful intentionality; the soul emerges briefly from the obscure corporeal dark and is suddenly there.
  • Yet while Fassbinder remains a signal figure for those who recall his '70s heyday, to a new generation he's something of an obscure shadow from the past.
  • In doing so, it reflects the manner in which Kafka himself has gradually become indistinguishable from the obscure fascination at the heart of his writings.
  • Tilting my head to the side, I felt the smooth cotton of his shirt on my cheek, just as I had Ryan's, and found my eyes drawn back into the obscure depths of his dark eyes.
  • Most of these people are scared stiff of entering the political arena on their own but eager to do so hidden under some obscure umbrella.
• (little known)

  (writer/journal)poco conocido

  (island/town)perdido
  • Disillusioned and sickened, Balashov achieves salvation by joining the Skoptsy, an obscure religious sect that existed until only a few decades ago.
  • You could become a flagellant in some obscure religious sect.
  • As a reporter for a major magazine she intended to write about what would no doubt be an odd, perhaps even bizarre practice by an obscure religious sect.
  • An obscure religious sect, the Raelians, has allegedly taken this step toward the eugenic future.
  • Is there a post-graduate degree course in obscure extremist political or religious sects?
  • However, in the following sections, we see that a minor slight of the American religious right by an obscure professor has provoked an event of international outrage.
  • Like a Byzantine chant, an obscure collection of religious doctrines - brands - stands poised to take over employee larynges and employee minds.
  • Speaking of obscure Australian actors, Andy sent me an email.
  • He has a way of giving to some obscure magical belief or religious custom a sort of gripping immediacy.
  • I have this uncanny ability to recognise some of the most obscure actors.
  • He heard about Bob from a patient who wore a unique gold design on a neck chain, one that Lovejoy recognized as a combination of two obscure religious symbols.
  • A set of trimmer figures and new tattoos show a band that's been sharpened by extended tours of an obscure but adoring and importantly, swelling international circuit.
  • The body of work includes recent acquisitions and both well known and more obscure works from the gallery.
  • That kind of data may seem obscure and unimportant, but it's a useful tool for researchers and insurance companies wanting to know long-term hurricane trends.
  • To reach a younger demographic, Jensen and his ilk are eschewing mainstream acts and building brand identity with cutting-edge, forgotten, and obscure music.
  • But somehow, in the process of cultural production, some obscure, unnoticed, maybe even unconscious revolution took place.
  • Litigants and witnesses remain practically anonymous - obscure names without faces or detailed personal histories.
  • They have not hint of ‘an obscure self that is forgotten underneath’.
  • I tend to forget some obscure titles on albums I rarely play.
  • The fear in itself invoked age-old mythologies about the end of the world and gave religious cults the chance to enact rituals based on obscure prophecies.

transitive verb

Belonging or relating to the theatre, or to the performance or writing of plays, opera, etc. 34 Unique and Untranslatable Spanish Words You’ve Gotta Know. So, now it’s time to expand your vocabulary and expand your mind. Here are some wonderfully unique Spanish words that’ll introduce you to a world of new ideas and expressions.

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• (conceal)

  (sky)oscurecer
  her view of the stage was obscured by the man in front—el hombre que tenía delante le impedía ver todo el escenario
  • he was suddenly obscured from sight—de repente quedó oculto a la vista
    
  • Thick, grey, rain-laden clouds obscure the warm morning sun, casting a certain dreariness upon the land of Myrmar below.
  • The sun was obscured by high, grey cloud, its disc appearing at once flat and lifeless.
  • The sun had been long since covered by the mass of clouds that obscured the grey sky when the new recruitment returned upon a chestnut mare with a large backpack upon his shoulders.
  • The sky was 93.5% covered in cloud and light textured cloud or haze obscured the sun.
  • Lake Taupo looked windswept and the volcanoes were obscured by low grey cloud.
  • It was daylight, slightly cold and the sky was filled with clouds, partially obscuring the sun.
  • Clouds obscured the sun, making the tent seem dark.
  • Even the half-moon is obscured behind heavy gray cloud.
  • The sun was almost entirely obscured by the heavy clouds, and tiny raindrops descended on the ground, the cold wind causing the rain to be icy.
  • The clouds billowed up out of nowhere and obscured the sun within seconds.
  • They all scattered when the demon that they thought to be their father took flight, obscuring the sun and casting a chill shadow upon the sky and his subjects that dwelt there.
  • A cloud of dust obscured the battlefield from view and Vegito was forced to cover his eyes.
  • Crackling clouds of ice obscured the floor and vast red-gold icefalls blocked the only exit.
  • In fact, it is so covered with clouds that they completely obscure its surface.
  • I feel panic rising in the back of my throat, urgency illuminating my cerebral cortex, and a dark cloud of bewilderment obscuring my vision.
  • Dense black clouds were already obscuring the 15,000-foot peaks that loomed around us.
  • Early on in this deployment I walked past a sports field and noticed a cloud of dust obscuring the far end.
  • Subtle surface markings and polar ice caps that would become prominent as there is no dust cloud obscuring the view.
  • A cloud of fog obscures the tunnel mouth they are about to plunge into and, because the track is tilted, it is also hard to see how the vehicle will be guided.
  • Hundreds of stargazers had travelled as far north as Orkney and Shetland to witness the spectacular celestial event, but most were thwarted by clouds which obscured the rare phenomenon.
• (make unclear, cover up)
  he's just trying to obscure the issue—lo que quiere es confundir
  • the report obscures the fact that the experiment failed—el informe intenta minimizar el hecho de que el experimento fracasó
    
  • these irrelevant details obscure the central problem—estos detalles superfluos impiden ver claramente el problema central
    

adjectiveobscurer, obscurest

• 1Not discovered or known about; uncertain.

  • ‘When in such situations the essential basis of territorial sovereignty is lacking or confused, the situation is obscure and uncertain from a legal point of view.’
  • ‘Late in the week I discovered that for some obscure reason one of my friends, Caroline, was married to a different man and had different children.’
  • ‘For reasons that are obscure and mysterious to nobody but a three-day-old child, the former culture minister was this week informed his desk was in the lift and that he was now free to spend more time with his record collection.’
  • ‘Foster's performance is excellent, the obscure and mysterious scene setting is just frightening and the special effects are refreshing.’
  • ‘Even now my restless eyes will settle on its surface and pause, as if some mystery, still obscure, might be solved.’
  • ‘The outback has a colourful and fascinating history that is often obscure or unknown to many people.’
  • ‘Even now, a hundred years on, the precise cause and surrounding circumstances of Oscar Wilde's death remain obscure, shrouded about with mystery.’
  • ‘Keep the meaning obscure, and you keep the mystery intact.’
  • ‘The rest, for me at least, remained obscure and, even with the text in hand, dubious.’
  • ‘No doubt some reader of this will know her more obscure connections.’
  • ‘Suddenly, I do not see a happy-go-lucky seventeen year old looking back at me, but an unknown man with an obscure past that I know nothing about.’
  • ‘But the option is there, and it is clear that ministers, from the Prime Minister down - though Mr Jones's position is still obscure - still genuinely think this is a possibility.’
  • ‘One morning after a wild electrical storm, Amanda woke to find a strange inscription on the palm of her hand: a single ‘word’ written in some obscure alphabet.’
  • ‘These neighbourhood joints are often obscure, and the upstairs tenants are likely to keep these little secrets to themselves for fear that if Gus in the lobby gets discovered, there will be a lineup.’

  unclear, uncertain, unknown, in doubt, doubtful, dubious, mysterious, hazy, vague, indeterminate, concealed, hidden

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  1. 1.1Not clearly expressed or easily understood.
     • ‘In fact you appear to have to be very advanced in magical theory in order to understand most of the obscure written references about it.’
     • ‘Still, this is a Frank Black album, with its obscure references and abstruse lyrics.’
     • ‘Pondering the wisdom of basing a key joke on an obscure music reference that most people won't understand, I wander back downstairs to the lounge.’
     • ‘Oblique culinary references and obscure terms go against the grain of the present climate in the culinary world.’
     • ‘Characters are represented here, offering a narrative which is obscure and clearly personal to the artist.’
     • ‘If the communication gap is too wide, the message is too obscure for people to understand.’
     • ‘Individualistic and even idiosyncratic as Badri's style can be, no viewer can complain that his paintings are obscure or difficult to understand.’
     • ‘Sometimes the lyrics are obscure and difficult to understand, but stick with them as they are always worth it.’
     • ‘This section is disjointed, much is left unexplained, and Brooks uses many obscure local references.’
     • ‘According to the notes I've been sent, there seems to be a need to cut or alter all sorts of obscure references to German politicians and places because the audience here won't get them.’
     • ‘So much the better if you have a cache of slightly obscure references that you can dispense, especially if these bear only tangential relationship to what you are discussing.’
     • ‘With that in mind, which of the following obscure, graduate-level references does Mead not use in the article?’
     • ‘If you survive his maze of dense wordplay and obscure references, you will probably not find anything too terribly profound, but you'll still be smarter.’
     • ‘Phases that may seem like obscure references to people, animals or those things around us often have a very deep and profound meaning.’
     • ‘One of my favourite moments of the week is taking out the obscure Canadian reference and replacing it with an obscure American or British reference.’
     • ‘Could Mann's love of obscure references and epic sweep have prompted such hostile treatment?’
     • ‘Also, whether or not it's a specific form, do you happen to know a good site or book with reference to more obscure poetry forms?’
     • ‘Taylor's one of those crazy people with a humanities minor and is always making obscure references that I don't get.’
     • ‘His use of obscure jargon underscored the urgent need for secrecy and discretion.’
     • ‘With his artisan/architect demeanour most would expect more obscure references; more mystery, metaphor, or magic dust.’
     abstruse, recondite, arcane, esoteric, recherché, occult

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  2. 1.2Not important or well known.
     • ‘Disillusioned and sickened, Balashov achieves salvation by joining the Skoptsy, an obscure religious sect that existed until only a few decades ago.’
     • ‘You could become a flagellant in some obscure religious sect.’
     • ‘As a reporter for a major magazine she intended to write about what would no doubt be an odd, perhaps even bizarre practice by an obscure religious sect.’
     • ‘An obscure religious sect, the Raelians, has allegedly taken this step toward the eugenic future.’
     • ‘Is there a post-graduate degree course in obscure extremist political or religious sects?’
     • ‘However, in the following sections, we see that a minor slight of the American religious right by an obscure professor has provoked an event of international outrage.’
     • ‘Like a Byzantine chant, an obscure collection of religious doctrines - brands - stands poised to take over employee larynges and employee minds.’
     • ‘Speaking of obscure Australian actors, Andy sent me an email.’
     • ‘He has a way of giving to some obscure magical belief or religious custom a sort of gripping immediacy.’
     • ‘I have this uncanny ability to recognise some of the most obscure actors.’
     • ‘He heard about Bob from a patient who wore a unique gold design on a neck chain, one that Lovejoy recognized as a combination of two obscure religious symbols.’
     • ‘A set of trimmer figures and new tattoos show a band that's been sharpened by extended tours of an obscure but adoring and importantly, swelling international circuit.’
     • ‘The body of work includes recent acquisitions and both well known and more obscure works from the gallery.’
     • ‘That kind of data may seem obscure and unimportant, but it's a useful tool for researchers and insurance companies wanting to know long-term hurricane trends.’
     • ‘To reach a younger demographic, Jensen and his ilk are eschewing mainstream acts and building brand identity with cutting-edge, forgotten, and obscure music.’
     • ‘But somehow, in the process of cultural production, some obscure, unnoticed, maybe even unconscious revolution took place.’
     • ‘Litigants and witnesses remain practically anonymous - obscure names without faces or detailed personal histories.’
     • ‘They have not hint of ‘an obscure self that is forgotten underneath’.’
     • ‘I tend to forget some obscure titles on albums I rarely play.’
     • ‘The fear in itself invoked age-old mythologies about the end of the world and gave religious cults the chance to enact rituals based on obscure prophecies.’
     little known, unknown, unheard of, undistinguished, insignificant, unimportant, inconsequential, inconspicuous, unnoticed, nameless, anonymous, minor, humble, lowly, unrenowned, unsung, unrecognized, unhonoured, inglorious, forgotten

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  3. 1.3Hard to make out or define; vague.
     • ‘It's to Professor McWorter's credit that he developed the right idea from a vague representation of an obscure intuition.’
     • ‘In the voice, words are flooded with soulful intentionality; the soul emerges briefly from the obscure corporeal dark and is suddenly there.’
     • ‘Yet while Fassbinder remains a signal figure for those who recall his '70s heyday, to a new generation he's something of an obscure shadow from the past.’
     • ‘In doing so, it reflects the manner in which Kafka himself has gradually become indistinguishable from the obscure fascination at the heart of his writings.’
     • ‘Tilting my head to the side, I felt the smooth cotton of his shirt on my cheek, just as I had Ryan's, and found my eyes drawn back into the obscure depths of his dark eyes.’
     • ‘Most of these people are scared stiff of entering the political arena on their own but eager to do so hidden under some obscure umbrella.’
     indistinct, faint, vague, ill-defined, unclear, blurred, blurry, misty, hazy, foggy, veiled, cloudy, clouded, nebulous, fuzzy

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  4. 1.4(of a color) not sharply defined; dim or dingy.

transitive verb

• 1Keep from being seen; conceal.

  • ‘Thick, grey, rain-laden clouds obscure the warm morning sun, casting a certain dreariness upon the land of Myrmar below.’
  • ‘The sun was obscured by high, grey cloud, its disc appearing at once flat and lifeless.’
  • ‘The sun had been long since covered by the mass of clouds that obscured the grey sky when the new recruitment returned upon a chestnut mare with a large backpack upon his shoulders.’
  • ‘The sky was 93.5% covered in cloud and light textured cloud or haze obscured the sun.’
  • ‘Lake Taupo looked windswept and the volcanoes were obscured by low grey cloud.’
  • ‘It was daylight, slightly cold and the sky was filled with clouds, partially obscuring the sun.’
  • ‘Clouds obscured the sun, making the tent seem dark.’
  • ‘Even the half-moon is obscured behind heavy gray cloud.’
  • ‘The sun was almost entirely obscured by the heavy clouds, and tiny raindrops descended on the ground, the cold wind causing the rain to be icy.’
  • ‘The clouds billowed up out of nowhere and obscured the sun within seconds.’
  • ‘They all scattered when the demon that they thought to be their father took flight, obscuring the sun and casting a chill shadow upon the sky and his subjects that dwelt there.’
  • ‘A cloud of dust obscured the battlefield from view and Vegito was forced to cover his eyes.’
  • ‘Crackling clouds of ice obscured the floor and vast red-gold icefalls blocked the only exit.’
  • ‘In fact, it is so covered with clouds that they completely obscure its surface.’
  • ‘I feel panic rising in the back of my throat, urgency illuminating my cerebral cortex, and a dark cloud of bewilderment obscuring my vision.’
  • ‘Dense black clouds were already obscuring the 15,000-foot peaks that loomed around us.’
  • ‘Early on in this deployment I walked past a sports field and noticed a cloud of dust obscuring the far end.’
  • ‘Subtle surface markings and polar ice caps that would become prominent as there is no dust cloud obscuring the view.’
  • ‘A cloud of fog obscures the tunnel mouth they are about to plunge into and, because the track is tilted, it is also hard to see how the vehicle will be guided.’
  • ‘Hundreds of stargazers had travelled as far north as Orkney and Shetland to witness the spectacular celestial event, but most were thwarted by clouds which obscured the rare phenomenon.’

  hide, conceal, cover, veil, shroud, screen, mask, cloak, cast a shadow over, shadow, envelop, mantle, block, block out, blank out, obliterate, eclipse, overshadow

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  1. 1.1Make unclear and difficult to understand.
     ‘the debate has become obscured by conflicting ideological perspectives’
     • ‘The network news means to correct this tendency, but unclear language obscures the truth, no matter in whose interest one employs it.’
     • ‘In this context, it's a terrible shame that Strange Gardens, even though based on a true incident, only serves to obscure those difficult matters all over again.’
     • ‘We understand that anti-Semitism obscures the reality of what it is to be a Jew, and has enabled atrocities great and small to be committed upon the Jewish people.’
     • ‘His time in the war rose between us like a vaporous cloud that silenced his pain and obscured my ability to understand it.’
     • ‘Which is to say, the habitual use of labels obscures the individual rather than illuminates.’
     • ‘Once in a while, it would be refreshing to hear these supporters condemn the actions of those few, rather than obscuring their behaviour behind the genuine upset of the innocent others.’
     • ‘Being transparent in one's practice rather than obscuring the process of design’
     • ‘I hope that those who participate in this great debate will frame their arguments in language that clarifies the issues rather than obscures them.’
     • ‘It is not that the form of political campaigns has obscured their content: rather, their form has become their content.’
     • ‘Rather than obscuring the line of separation between church and sport, the authorities would serve hockey well by understanding the distinction.’
     • ‘It is thankfully the most obtuse piece here, and the only one in which that obtuseness obscures the song rather than aiding it.’
     • ‘Competing agendas, dismissed administrators and shrill representatives often obscure the facts rather than inform the public.’
     • ‘It tends to obscure the problem rather than highlight it, because we do not try and suggest that a company becomes a trustee for the creditors upon the winding-up.’
     • ‘They can obscure the issues rather than providing clarification.’
     • ‘This seems to be another case of journalism that is intended to obscure the facts rather than shine light on them.’
     • ‘Yet, whilst making headline news, coverage of the scandal is aimed at obscuring any real understanding of the issues involved.’
     • ‘Such an analysis obscures the relation between miscarriages at different stages of gestation and maternal age.’
     • ‘Abroad, his prestige as a Nobel laureate obscured these difficulties.’
     • ‘By the same token, it could be said, historical falsification is bound up with efforts to obscure an understanding of the present.’
     confuse, complicate, obfuscate, cloud, blur, muddy

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  2. 1.2Overshadow.
     ‘none of this should obscure the skill, experience, and perseverance of the workers’
     • ‘First, he argued, in data aggregated at the state level, large districts may overshadow or obscure smaller districts.’
     • ‘Much is made of Timbaland's undoubted skill as a producer, in fact so much is made of it that he seems to overshadow and obscure the artists he works with these days.’
     • ‘In other words, it is possible for the profiling code to overshadow or obscure a performance problem.’
     • ‘More recently you postponed your announcement because, you said, you didn't want it being overshadowed or obscured by your little legal matter.’
     • ‘This approach only detracts and obscures what is really happening.’
     • ‘The violent countdown to elections often obscures how that country is charting its new course on the world stage.’

Origin

Late Middle English from Old French obscur, from Latin obscurus ‘dark’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘cover’.

Therefore, Pip's understanding of his own life and his social class are completely transformed by his discovery that a convict—not an heiress—had funded his education. Why Do Writers Use Red Herrings?Without misleading evidence to lead them astray, it would often be too easy for clever readers to guess how a story will end. Therefore, writers rely on red herrings to build suspense in their stories and keep readers guessing about what will happen next. Miss Havisham is a coincidental red herring because she had no way of knowing that Pip's education would be paid for by anyone, and Provis had no way of knowing that Pip knew a wealthy heiress, so no one in the story intended for Pip to be misled. Red herring meaning not the fish.