obscurity 音标拼音: [əbskj'ʊrəti]
n . 阴暗,不分明,朦胧,含糊,晦涩,偏僻,隐匿,身份低微
阴暗,不分明,朦胧,含糊,晦涩,偏僻,隐匿,身份低微
obscurity n 1 :
the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand [
synonym : {
obscureness }, {
obscurity },
{
abstruseness }, {
reconditeness }] [
ant : {
clarity },
{
clearness }, {
limpidity }, {
lucidity }, {
lucidness },
{
pellucidity }]
2 :
an obscure and unimportant standing ;
not well known ; "
he worked in obscurity for many years " [
ant : {
prominence }]
3 :
the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination [
synonym : {
obscurity }, {
obscureness }]
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n . [
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The quality or state of being obscure .
Syn :
darkness ;
privacy ;
inconspicuousness ;
unintelligibleness ;
uncertainty .
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1913 Webster ]
You are not for obscurity designed . --
Dryden .
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1913 Webster ]
They were now brought forth from obscurity ,
to be contemplated by artists with admiration and despair . --
Macaulay .
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Darkness ;
dimness ;
gloom .
See {
Darkness }.
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1913 Webster ]
149 Moby Thesaurus words for "
obscurity ":
Egyptian darkness ,
Erebus ,
a nobody ,
a nothing ,
abstruseness ,
adiaphanousness ,
ambiguousness ,
amorphia ,
amorphism ,
amorphousness ,
anarchy ,
anonymity ,
arcanum ,
blackness ,
bleariness ,
blobbiness ,
blur ,
blurriness ,
broadness ,
chaos ,
cipher ,
cloudiness ,
common man ,
complexity ,
confusion ,
dark ,
darkness ,
darkness visible ,
dead of night ,
defocus ,
dimness ,
disorder ,
dummy ,
dusk ,
duskiness ,
entropy ,
esoterica ,
faintness ,
feebleness ,
figurehead ,
filminess ,
fog ,
fogginess ,
formlessness ,
fuzziness ,
generality ,
gloom ,
half -
visibility ,
haze ,
haziness ,
ill -
definedness ,
imperviousness to light ,
imprecision ,
inaccuracy ,
inchoateness ,
incoherence ,
indecisiveness ,
indefinableness ,
indefiniteness ,
indeterminateness ,
indistinctness ,
indistinguishability ,
inexactness ,
ingloriousness ,
insignificance ,
insignificancy ,
intense darkness ,
intransparency ,
intricacy ,
jackstraw ,
laxity ,
lightlessness ,
lightweight ,
limbo ,
little fellow ,
little guy ,
looseness ,
low profile ,
man of straw ,
mediocrity ,
messiness ,
mist ,
mistiness ,
moonlessness ,
mumbo jumbo ,
murk ,
murkiness ,
mystery ,
mystification ,
namelessness ,
nebbish ,
nebulousness ,
night ,
nobody one knows ,
nonentity ,
obfuscation ,
obscurantism ,
obscuration ,
obscure ,
obscure darkness ,
opacity ,
opaque ,
opaqueness ,
orderlessness ,
paleness ,
perplexity ,
pip -
squeak ,
pitch -
darkness ,
pitchy darkness ,
punk ,
roil ,
roiledness ,
runt ,
scrub ,
secret ,
semivisibility ,
shade ,
shadow ,
shadowiness ,
shapelessness ,
shrimp ,
small fry ,
small potato ,
small potatoes ,
soft focus ,
squirt ,
squit ,
starlessness ,
sunlessness ,
swarthiness ,
sweepingness ,
tenebrosity ,
tenebrousness ,
the palpable obscure ,
total darkness ,
turbidity ,
turbidness ,
uncertainty ,
unclarity ,
unclearness ,
unimportance ,
unintelligibility ,
unplainness ,
vague appearance ,
vagueness ,
velvet darkness ,
weakness ,
whiffet ,
whippersnapper
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OBSCURITY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of OBSCURITY is one that is obscure How to use obscurity in a sentence
OBSCURITY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary obscurity noun [U] (BEING UNCLEAR) the state or quality of being unclear and difficult to understand or see:
OBSCURITY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Obscurity definition: the state or quality of being obscure See examples of OBSCURITY used in a sentence
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OBSCURITY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary Obscurity is the state of being known by only a few people Tom's showbiz career began when he was plucked from obscurity by director Stephen Daldry The latter half of his life was spent in obscurity and loneliness
obscurity, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun obscurity, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
Obscurity - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com One meaning of obscurity is nobody knowing who you are, and another definition is something that is hard to understand because it’s too complex or unclear Obscurity is the opposite of fame, and living in obscurity means that nobody knows your name
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Obscurity Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary OBSCURITY meaning: 1 : the state of being unknown or forgotten; 2 : something that is difficult to understand usually plural