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obscure

/əbˈskjʊr/  ·  say it: uhb·SKYUR

not clearly expressed or easily understood

In Sophisticated Everyday

In more detail

1. (adjective) not clearly expressed or easily understood; unclear

2. (adjective) not well known; not famous

3. (verb) to make something difficult to see or understand

Examples

• 1. The poem's meaning is quite obscure and requires careful analysis.
• 2. He was an obscure artist until his work was discovered by a major museum.
• 3. The heavy fog obscured our view of the mountains.

Nearby in Sophisticated Everyday

diligent, gregarious, frugal, lucid, mundane, novel