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obscure

/əbˈskjʊə/

US pronunciation

American sound/əbˈskjʊə/

əbˈskjʊə

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

əb - ˈskjʊə -> obscure

Myanmar meaning

(adj) မှေးမှိန် (v) ပိတ်

Full entry

obscure /ǝb' skjƱǝ(r)/ adj

၁။ မှေးမှိန်သော။ မရှင်းသော။ I found the lecture very obscure. ❍ The origins of the disease are still rather obscure.
၂။ မထင်ရှားသော။ an obscure German poet ❍ an obscure corner of the world.
v ပိတ်သည်။ ကာသည်။ ဆီးသည်။ ဖုံးသည်။ ဖုံးဖိသည်။ Her face was partially obscured by the shadows. ❍ Mist obscured the view. ❍ The facts of the case may have been deliberately falsified or obscured. obscurely adv
❏ obscurity /ǝb'skjƱǝrǝti/ n
၁။ [U] မထင်ပေါ်ခြင်း။ content to live in obscurity ❍ After years of working in obscurity, he at last found recognition.
၂။ [C] မရှင်းလင်းသော၊ လျှို့ကတ်သော အသုံးအနှုန်း။ a philosophical essay full of obscurities.
၃။ [U] အမှောင်။ မှောင်မိုက်ခြင်း။

More examples

Details of this period of Shakespeare’s life remain obscure.
The report had been published in an obscure German journal.
[somewhat/rather/relatively obscure] : The rules for the competition are somewhat obscure.
I’m used to reading obscurely written manuals.

Synonyms

difficult to understand, incomprehensible, unclear, vague, ambiguous, doubtful, murky, unintelligible, abstruse, adumbrate, arcane, becloud, bedim, befog, belie, blear, blind, block, block out, blur, blurred, blurry, cabalistic, caliginous, camouflage, clear as mud, cloak, close, cloud, cloud the issue, clouded, cloudy, complicate, complicated, con, conceal, concealed, confuse, confusing, cover, cover up, covered, cryptic, dark, darken, deep, dense, devious, dim, disguise, distant, double-talk, dusk, dusky, eclipse, enigmatic, enigmatical, equivocate, esoteric, faint, falsify, far, far-off, far-out, fog, foggy, fuliginous, fuzz, gloom, gloomy, gray, haze, hazy, hidden, hide, humble, illegible, illogical, impenetrable, inaccessible, inconceivable, inconspicuous, incredible, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, inexplicable, inglorious, inscrutable, insoluble, intricate, invisible, involved, irrelevant, lightless, little-known, lonesome, lowly, mask, minor, misrepresent, mist, muddle, muddy, muddy the waters, murk, mysterious, nameless, obfuscate, obfuscated, occult, odd, opaque, oracular, orphic, out-of-the-way, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, pettifog, rare, recondite, remote, removed, reticent, retired, screen, secluded, secret, secretive, seldom seen, sequestered, shade, shadow, shadowy, shady, shroud, solitary, somber, stonewall, tenebrous, throw up smoke screen, umbrageous, unaccountable, unbelievable, undefined, undisclosed, undistinguished, unfathomable, unheard of, unheard-of, unhonored, unilluminated, unimportant, unknown, unlit, unnoted, unseen, unsung

Antonyms

apparent, approachable, bare, bright, brighten, clarify, clear, clear up, common, definite, disclose, distinct, distinguished, explain, explicit, exposed, familiar, famous, friendly, illuminate, known, lay out, lighten, loose, near, nearby, obvious, open, perceptible, plain, public, related, relevant, reveal, revealed, straightforward, uncover, uncovered, understood, unmask, unmysterious, visible, warm

Cross references

difficult to understand incomprehensible unclear vague ambiguous doubtful murky unintelligible abstruse adumbrate arcane becloud bedim befog belie blear blind block block out blur blurred blurry cabalistic caliginous camouflage clear as mud cloak close

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