Definitions for obscureness
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ob•scure*əbˈskyʊər(adj.)-scur•er, -scur•est
(adj.)(of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain.
not clear to the understanding; hard to perceive:
obscure motives.
(of language, style, a speaker, etc.) not expressing the meaning clearly or plainly.
not readily seen, heard, etc.; indistinct; faint.
Category: Common Vocabulary
inconspicuous or unnoticeable:
the obscure beginnings of a movement.
of little or no prominence or distinction; unknown:
an obscure artist.
far from public notice or activity; remote:
an obscure little town.
lacking in light or illumination; dark; dim; murky.
enveloped in or concealed by darkness.
(of a vowel) having the reduced or neutral sound usu. represented by the schwa (ə).
Category: Phonetics
(v.t.)to conceal or confuse (meaning, intention, or the like); cover; mask.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to make dark, dim, indistinct, etc.
to reduce or neutralize (a vowel) to the sound usu. represented by a schwa (ə).
Category: Phonetics
Ref: obscurity.
* Syn: See mysterious.
Origin of obscure:
1400–50; late ME < OF oscur, obscur < L obscūrus dark
ob•scure′ness(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
humbleness, unimportance, obscureness, lowliness(noun)
the state of being humble and unimportant
obscurity, obscureness(noun)
the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination
obscureness, obscurity, abstruseness, reconditeness(noun)
the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
Wiktionary
obscureness(Noun)
obscurity
obscureness(Noun)
ambiguity
obscureness(Noun)
unimportance
Webster Dictionary
Obscureness(noun)
obscurity
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