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obscureness

7.9

Darkness or low light that makes things hard to see

noun
/əbˈskjʊrnəs/

: oscuridad

The obscureness of the room made it difficult to find the missing keys.

Examples

She stumbled in the obscureness before the lights were turned on.
During the storm, the obscureness of the landscape prevented us from seeing anything clearly.
Rain and fog added to the obscureness of the gloomy evening.
The obscureness of the painting made it hard to appreciate.
In the obscureness of the forest, we lost our way.
The obscureness of the text made it challenging for students to understand the main ideas.
The obscureness of the basement added an eerie atmosphere to the old house.

Synonyms

invisibility

vsobscureness

15 6.0

The state of not being seen by other people

describes hard to see from low light rather than absence of sight

opacity

vsobscureness

2 8.3

How hard something is to understand because it is unclear

is mainly about visual darkness causing unclear sight not semantic difficulty

obscurity

vsobscureness

1 6.9

Dark or dim so things are hard to see

is the general state tied to low light rather than other causes

murkiness

vsobscureness

1 5.9

Cloudy darkness that makes it hard to see through water or air

is about low light darkness as the cause of unclear vision

imperceptibility

vsobscureness

1 9.5

A state of being very hard to notice

points to low light causing poor sight rather than mental unawareness

invisibleness

vsobscureness

1 8.6

The state of not being able to be seen

means being hard to see because of dim light rather than absence of sight

obscuration

vsobscureness

1 8.2

Something that stops you from seeing or understanding

focuses on low light causing unclear sight rather than deliberate hiding

hiddenness

vsobscureness

1 7.8

A state in which something is out of sight and hard to notice or understand

describes unclear sight from poor illumination not deliberate concealment

indistinctness

vsobscureness

7.0

Lack of clear detail that makes things hard to see or hear

is about lack of sight clarity due mainly to poor lighting

unnoticeableness

vsobscureness

8.4

A state of not being seen or heard by other people

focuses on difficulty seeing because of dim light rather than attention

indiscernibility

vsobscureness

9.9

A state in which something is impossible to see or tell apart

focuses on low light making vision hard rather than total indistinguishability

crypticness

vsobscureness

Specialized

8.9

A quality of blending into surroundings so something is hard to see

is about dim light causing general unclear vision rather than camouflage

unclearness

vsobscureness

7.7

A situation when something is hard to understand

focuses on visual poor lighting causing hard sight rather than vague meaning

opaqueness

vsobscureness

Formal

8.7

How hard it is to understand something because its meaning is unclear

is concerned with low light causing poor sight rather than confusing meaning

Antonyms

visibility

54 2.8

How easy it is to see things, for example in fog

brightness

41 1.0

How much light something gives or how close it looks to white

How Visible

visibility

54 2.8

obscureness

7.9

dimness

4 3.4

darkness

534 1.0

invisibility

15 6.0

Surface Forms

obscureness singular

obscurenesses plural

Morphology

obscureness = obscure (transparent) = obscure + ness

Formation from 'obscure' + '-ness' expresses the state of being obscure in a perceptual (low-light) sense; derivation is regular and clear.

Etymology

Obscureness comes from the Latin obscurus, meaning 'dark' or 'hidden', and it shares its root with obscure. So obscureness can mean literal darkness or low light that makes things hard to see.