OBSCURANT Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

obscurant

adjective

variants or obscurantic

Definition of obscurant

as in shadowy

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Adjective

But studios cater to vastly different clientele, and some expose a more shadowy underbelly of the neighborhood with reputations of after-hours alcohol sales, smoking indoors and an anything-goes reputation.

— Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Indeed, a consistent theme of Rogers’s campaign has been the implication that El-Sayed is a tool for shadowy forces originating in the East.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of shadowy

Adjective

On a wallpaper image of a scarlet macaw, for example, the bird's red feathers bled into the white of its face, while the leafy green background looked grayish and indistinct.

— Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026
And then the sun slips above the horizon, and in an instant the shadows turn from indistinct gray blurs to sharp black lines.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of indistinct

Adjective

Because the album is rich with melody—because the compositions snake so readily from note to note, compared to Malone’s previous works—inklings of narrative start to seep from the foggy passages.

— Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
They were enclosed a couple years later, due to the area’s foggy weather.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of foggy

Adjective

This view shows the nebula as a brown pillar of dust embedded in a hazy, almost rainbow field of dust and gas.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Rather than drawing a precise border around the lips, the technique involves buffing pigment outward to create a hazy, almost airbrushed effect.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of hazy

Adjective

But what happened inside the house remains a complicated and clouded mystery.

— Joe Holden, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Deravi’s team is focused on the Pieridae family of butterflies, which includes examples like the clouded sulfur (Colias philodice) and cabbage white (Pieris rapae).

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of clouded

Adjective

At Emporio Armani, models walked the runway in gossamer-thin tanks and misty trousers that toed the line between lavender and blue.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 22 June 2026
Base yourself in Cerro Verde or Lago de Coatepeque for crater views and misty mornings above the clouds, then climb Santa Ana Volcano.

— Angelika Pokovba, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2026

Definition of misty

Adjective

Close to Capella is a triangle of faint stars that are known as The Kids — Epsilon, Zeta and Eta Aurigae — traditionally imagined as the offspring of Capella.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 13 Nov. 2026
Scrooge’s dad is now brutally abusive, a trauma with faint support in the book, and his kindly mentor Fezziwig (Ian Midlane) gets stabbed to death by a street urchin, a trauma that’s brand new.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026

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