obscure: význam a definície

Deficient in light; dark.

So faintly perceptible as to lack clear delineation; indistinct. See Synonyms at dark.

Indistinctly heard; faint.

Linguistics Having the reduced, neutral sound represented by schwa (ə).

Far from centers of human population: an obscure village.

Out of sight; hidden: an obscure retreat.

Not readily noticed or seen; inconspicuous: an obscure flaw.

Of undistinguished or humble station or reputation: an obscure poet; an obscure family.

Not clearly understood or expressed; ambiguous or vague: "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit” ( Anatole Broyard). See Synonyms at ambiguous.

To make dim or indistinct: Smog obscured our view. See Synonyms at block.

To conceal in obscurity; hide: "Unlike the origins of most nations, America's origins are not obscured in the mists of time” ( National Review).

Linguistics To reduce (a vowel) to the neutral sound represented by schwa (ə).

Something obscure or unknown.