1 not well known:
an obscure German poet * We went to see one of Shakespeare's more obscure plays. * He was born around 1650 but his origins remain obscure.
2 difficult to understand:
I found her lecture very obscure. * For some obscure reason, he failed to turn up. * The meaning of his comment was obscure to everyone but himself.
obscurely adverb:
They were making her feel obscurely worried (= for reasons that were difficult to understand).
verb [VN] to make it difficult to see, hear or understand sth:
The view was obscured by fog. * Symptoms of the disease can easily be obscured. * We mustn't let these minor details obscure the main issue. * A shadow fell across her face, obscuring her expression.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for obscure is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is obscure a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, obscure is tagged as adjective.
Does obscure appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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