Definitions of obscurity [əbˈskyʊər ɪ ti]

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Definition of 'obscurity'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) obscurity
the state or quality of being obscure.

2. obscurity
a person or thing that is obscure.

Etymology: (1470–80)

Definition of 'obscurity'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) obscureness, obscurity, abstruseness, reconditeness
the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand

2. (noun) obscurity
an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known
"he worked in obscurity for many years"

3. (noun) obscurity, obscureness
the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination

Definition of 'obscurity'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) obscurity
the state of being almost completely unknown
a great artist who lived her life in obscurity

2. obscurity
the state of being difficult to understand
the obscurity of his writing

Definition of 'obscurity'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) obscurity
the quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty

Translation of 'obscurity'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make obscure A large tree obscured the view.
Afrikaans: duisternis, vaagheid, ond	Arabic: ظَلام، ظُلْمَه، غُموض	Bulgarian: тъмнина
Brazilian: obscuridade	Czech: temnota	German: die Dunkelheit
Danish: uklarhed	Greek: σκοτάδι, ασάφεια, αφάνεια	Spanish: oscuridad
Estonian: hämarus	Farsi: تاریکی؛ ابهام	Finnish: epämääräisyys
French: obscurité	Hebrew: אָפֵלָה	Hindi: अचर्चित होना, कठिनाई, अंध
Croatian: skrovitost, skrivenost	Hungarian: sötétség, homály	Indonesian: kekaburan
Icelandic: óskÿrleiki; torræðni	Italian: oscurità	Japanese: あいまいさ
Korean: 애매한 상태	Lithuanian: nežinia, nežinomybė, neai	Latvian: tumsa; neskaidrība; neziņ
Malay: tdk dikenali	Dutch: duisterheid	Norwegian: utydelighet; ubemerkethet
Polish: mrok, zapomnienie, niejas	Persian: تاریکی؛ ابهام	Pashto: ناڅرګنديدا
Portuguese: obscuridade	Romanian: obscuritate	Russian: темнота; неясность;неизве
Slovak: temnota	Slovenian: tema	Serbian: mračnost
Swedish: dunkel, svårfattlighet, o	Thai: ความไม่ชัดแจ้ง	Turkish: anlaşılmazlık
Taiwanese: 遮掩	Ukrainian: темрява; неясність	Urdu: ابہام، دھندلاپن
Vietnamese: sự tối tăm; khó hiểu	Chinese: 朦胧，不明，费解，隐晦
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