obscurity
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- noun
- /əbˈskjʊrɪti/
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oscuridad
- We lived in the milky obscurity of the adult world, accepting their oppressive silences and resonating emptiness.
Colignam is is fog or smoke or obscurity there and then mentium in human minds.
- Colignam is is fog or smoke or obscurity there and then mentium in human minds.
Examples
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As the fog rolled in, the streetlights cast little light into the obscurity surrounding them.
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He couldn’t see anything in the obscurity of the forest at night.
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That way you're hiding the waste dump in obscurity, so it's not visible from the surface.
Blog text (12) -
A dark, narrow staircase spiraling down into obscurity.
Fiction book (1990) -
An iron grating at the top of the wall admitted one blanched wink of light, but the place was bathed in obscurity.
Fiction book (2000) -
In the dim obscurity, it was easier than ever to conjure up bears out of boulders and lurking Indians from fallen limbs.
Fiction book (1992) -
The room was filled with obscurity as the sunlight faded away.
Synonyms
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The state of not being seen by other people
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Cloudy darkness that makes it hard to see through water or air
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Something that stops you from seeing or understanding
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A state of being very hard to notice
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The state of not being able to be seen
Darkness or low light that makes things hard to see
A dark area where light is blocked
How much a material does not let light pass through
Lack of clear detail that makes things hard to see or hear
A state of not being seen or heard by other people
A state in which something is impossible to see or tell apart
A state of darkness or being unknown often used about ideas
Antonyms
How Visible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Obscurity comes from the Latin obscurus meaning 'dark' or 'hidden'. So it can mean real darkness or poor light, which is why we use it for places or scenes that are hard to see.