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| obscureness | (n) the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand, Syn. reconditeness, obscurity, abstruseness, Ant. clarity | | obscure | (v) make less visible or unclear, Syn. mist, obnubilate, becloud, cloud, befog, haze over, fog, Example: The stars are obscured by the clouds; the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley | | obscure | (v) make obscure or unclear, Syn. bedim, overcloud, Example: The distinction was obscured | | obscure | (v) reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa | | obscure | (v) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing, Syn. hide, obliterate, veil, blot out, Example: a hidden message; a veiled threat | | obscure | (adj) not clearly understood or expressed; ; -Anatole Broyard; - P.A.Sorokin; - John Locke, Syn. vague, Example: an obscure turn of phrase; an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit; their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear; vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science | | obscure | (adj) not famous or acclaimed, Syn. unsung, unknown, Example: an obscure family; unsung heroes of the war | | obscure | (adj) not drawing attention, Syn. unnoticeable, Example: an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet; an obscure flaw | | obscurely | (adv) in an obscure manner, Example: this work is obscurely written |
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| | Obscureness | n. Obscurity. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Obscure | a. [ Compar. Obscurer superl. Obscurest. ] [ L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob- (see Ob-) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf. F. obscur. Cf. Sky. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim. [ 1913 Webster ] His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. Prov. xx. 20. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Of or pertaining to darkness or night; inconspicuous to the sight; indistinctly seen; hidden; retired; remote from observation; unnoticed. [ 1913 Webster ] The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong night. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] The obscure corners of the earth. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Not noticeable; humble; mean. “O base and obscure vulgar.” Shak. “An obscure person.” Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or incomprehensible; as, an obscure passage or inscription. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. Not clear, full, or distinct; clouded; imperfect; as, an obscure view of remote objects. [ 1913 Webster ]
Obscure rays (Opt.), those rays which are not luminous or visible, and which in the spectrum are beyond the limits of the visible portion. [ 1913 Webster ]
Syn. -- Dark; dim; darksome; dusky; shadowy; misty; abstruse; intricate; difficult; mysterious; retired; unnoticed; unknown; humble; mean; indistinct. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Obscure | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Obscured p. pr. & vb. n. Obscuring. ] [ L. obscurare, fr. obscurus: cf. OF. obscurer. See Obscure, a. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] They are all couched in a pit hard by Herne's oak, with obscured lights. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Why, 't is an office of discovery, love,
And I should be obscured. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] There is scarce any duty which has been so obscured by the writings of learned men as this. Wake. [ 1913 Webster ] And seest not sin obscures thy godlike frame? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Obscure | v. i. To conceal one's self; to hide; to keep dark. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] How! There's bad news.
I must obscure, and hear it. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Obscure | n. Obscurity. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Obscurely | adv. In an obscure manner. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Obscurement | n. The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured; obscuration. Pomfret. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Obscurer | n. One who, or that which, obscures. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | obscure | (adj) คลุมเครือ, See also: ที่ไม่กระจ่าง, ที่ไม่ชัดเจน, Syn. vague, ambiguous, indistinct, Ant. clear, apparent | | obscure | (adj) ที่ไม่เด่น, See also: ซึ่งไม่เป็นที่สังเกต, ซึ่งไม่สำคัญ, Syn. unknown, undistinguished, Ant. famous, celebrated | | obscure | (adj) (สี) ทึม, See also: มืดมัว, Syn. dim, murky, dark, Ant. bright | | obscure | (vt) ปิดบัง, See also: อำพราง, ซ่อน, ทำให้ไม่ชัดเจน, Syn. hide, conceal, Ant. reveal |
| | obscure | เคลือบคลุม [นิติศาสตร์ ๑๑ มี.ค. ๒๕๔๕] |
| | | ครุมเครือ | [khrumkhreūa] (adj) EN: obscure FR: vague ; obscur |
| | Instead of Cadiz... they set sail... for an obscure Arabian Sultanate, where the passengers were immediately sold into slavery. | แทนที่จะคาดิซ พวกมันแล่นไปยังอาณาจักรไหนสักแห่ง ของสุลต่านอาหรับ ที่นั่นทันทีที่ผู้โดยสารทุกคนมาถึง ก็ถูกขายไปเป็นทาส Don Juan DeMarco (1994) | | Wherever you run into it, prejudice always obscures the truth. | Wherever you run into it, prejudice always obscures the truth. 12 Angry Men (1957) | | Some writers can only work in obscurity. | นักเขียนบางคนสามารถทำงานในความสับสน The Russia House (1990) | | Or is that your thing? You come into a bar. You read some obscure passage. | ในตำราคิดจะหักหน้าคนอื่นก็หัดจำให้แม่นๆ ไม่ใช่มาทำเก่ง เพื่ออวดหญิง Good Will Hunting (1997) | | It might be, but the label's obscured and the varnish is odd... it's slightly opaque. | อาจเป็นได้ แต่ยี่ห้อเห็นไม่ชัด น้ำมันเคลือบก็ดูแปลก The Red Violin (1998) | | The pawn of an obscure coalition... of dubious interests... the Minister Malraux has driven... | มีการร่วมมือกันปิดบัง... และส่อไปในทางน่าสงสัย ท่านรัฐมนตรี มัลโลซ์ จึงมีคำสั่ง... The Dreamers (2003) | | Any birthday, anniversary, holiday... maybe some obscure project launch. | วันเกิด วันครบรอบ วันหยุด... อาจถูกใช้เป็นงานเปิดตัวโปรเจ็กต์ลับเข้าสักวัน จะวันไหนก็ช่าง Primer (2004) | | Can quote obscure lines from Ghostbusters? | จำประโยคเด็ดจากเรื่องขบวนการปราบผีได้? เรย์! Pilot (2005) | | I'm more than comfortable blaming it on the alcohol, or global warming or my obscure allergy to neon... | ผมโทษเหล้ากับโลกร้อนละกัน ไม่ก็ผมดันแพ้แสงสี Chuck Versus the Imported Hard Salami (2007) | | My nephew, Miss Austen, condescends far indeed in offering to the daughter of an obscure and impecunious clergyman. | มิสออสติน หลานชายฉันต้องลดตัวลงมา... คบหากับลูกสาวบาทหลวงธรรมดาๆ ที่แสนจะอัตคัต Becoming Jane (2007) | | I want to learn an obscure language that, you know, only really cool people know. | ผมอยากเรียนภาษาแปลกๆ ที่คนเท่ๆเค้าพูดเป็นกัน Chuck Versus the First Date (2008) | | Guy's paranoia manifested itself in obscure ways: | การระแวงของกีทำให้เข้าพยายามหาทางซ่อน โดยใช้ Chuck Versus the Fat Lady (2008) |
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