obscurity

ob·scu·ri·ty

noun \äb-ˈskyu̇r-ə-tē, əb-\

plural ob·scu·ri·ties

Definition of OBSCURITY

1

: one that is obscure

2

: the quality or state of being obscure

Examples of OBSCURITY

1. In recent years, the tradition has emerged from obscurity.
2. He has been living in relative obscurity in a small town in the mountains.
3. After a promising first novel, she faded into obscurity.

First Known Use of OBSCURITY

14th century

Related to OBSCURITY

Synonyms: ambiguity, ambiguousness, darkness, equivocalness, equivocation, inscrutability, inscrutableness, murkiness, mysteriousness, nebulosity, nebulousness, obliqueness, obliquity, opacity, opaqueness

Antonyms: clarity, clearness, obviousness, plainness

Related Words: mystery, reconditeness; cloudiness, dimness, faintness, fogginess, fuzziness, haziness, indefiniteness, indistinctness, mistiness, shade, shadow, uncertainty, vagueness; impenetrability, incomprehensibility, incomprehensibleness; circuitousness, circuity, indirectness; deepness, depth, profoundness; abstruseness, abstrusity, complexity, complication, difficulty, obtuseness

Near Antonyms: comprehensibility, intelligibility, legibility; brightness, distinctness, self-evidence; certainty, surety; definiteness, exactness, explicitness, incision, incisiveness, lucidity, lucidness, perspicuity, perspicuousness; directness, forthrightness, openness, straightforwardness; palpability, tangibility, tangibleness, visibility; readability, readableness; obviousness

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Rhymes with OBSCURITY

futurity, impurity, maturity, security