obscureness
- noun
- /əbˈskjʊrnəs/
- The obscureness of the ancient script made it difficult for historians to interpret the text.
Examples
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He struggled to understand the poem because of its obscureness and complex imagery.
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Broadly, titles can be said to work by reference or enigma: they refer to some key element in the ensuing text or are intriguing in their obscureness.
Academic text (1991) -
The teacher appreciated the work, but its obscureness left many students confused.
Synonyms
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8.3
How hard something is to understand because it is unclear
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7.4
Hard to find or understand
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7.4
Hard to understand or see, making people feel confused
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9.9
A quality that you cannot understand or know the reasons for
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9.9
A state where something is very hard to understand
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8.7
How hard it is to understand something because its meaning is unclear
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9.8
A state when something cannot be explained or understood
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9.9
Very hard to understand because the ideas are unclear or complicated
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9.9
A difficulty understanding handwriting, signs, or codes
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8.9
A quality of being mysterious and hard to understand
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9.9
Difficulty understanding something because it is complex or unclear
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9.9
A state where you cannot describe something exactly
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7.7
A situation when something is hard to understand
The quality of being very difficult to understand because it is complex
Difficulty understanding something because it is very complex
A state of being mysterious and hard to understand
Antonyms
How Obscure
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Obscureness comes from the Latin obscurus, which means 'dark' or 'hidden', and it is the same root as obscure. So obscureness can mean the 'darkness' of an idea or text that makes it hard to understand.