adj. Function: adjective
1
Synonyms: DARK 1, caliginous, dim, dusk, dusky, gloomy, lightless, murky, tenebrous, unilluminated
Related Words: clouded, cloudy, fuliginous; shadowy, shady, umbrageous
Contrasted Words: clear, lucid; bright, brilliant, luminous
2 withdrawn from the main centers of human activity FF1C; was exiled to an obscure Siberian village FF1E;
Synonyms: devious, lonesome, out-of-the-way, remote, removed, retired, secret
Related Words: distant, far, far-off; close, hidden, odd, secluded, sequestered, solitary; blind; inaccessible
Idioms: back of beyond, off the beaten track ( or path), in the boondocks ( or sticks)
Contrasted Words: central; urban; populous
3 not readily understood or grasped FF1C; an obscure textual reference FF1E;
Synonyms: ambiguous, amphibological, double-edged, double-faced, dusky, equivocal, murky, nubilous, opaque, sibylline, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, unexplicit, unintelligible, vague; compare CRYPTIC , FAINT 2
Related Words: difficult, incomprehensible, inexplicable, puzzling, unfathomable; illegible; abstruse, Delphian, enigmatic, esoteric, inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, mystical; inconclusive, indecisive, indefinite
Contrasted Words: definite, explicit, obvious; clear, express, unambiguous, unequivocal
Antonyms: lucid
4
Synonyms: INCONSPICUOUS , unconspicuous, unemphatic, unnoticeable
Related Words: humble, lowly, minor, unimportant
5 lacking the prominence, showiness, or worth by which attention might be attracted FF1C; an obscure Roman poet FF1E;
Synonyms: nameless, uncelebrated, unfamed, unheard-of, unknown, unnoted, unrenowned
Related Words: inconspicuous; minor, undistinguished, unimportant
Contrasted Words: celebrated, distinguished, named, notable, noted, noteworthy, renowned, well-known
Antonyms: famed, famous
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Synonyms: FAINT 2, blear, bleary, dim, ill-defined, indistinct, shadowy, unclear, undefined, vague
Antonyms: clear