Synonyms of obscured

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adjective

as in darkened

being without light or without much light

an obscured area of the prison yard that was the perfect escape route

Synonyms & Similar Words

• darkened
• murky
• dark
• dimmed
• obscure
• black
• dim
• somber
• unlit
• darkling
• dusky
• gloomy
• dusk
• lightless
• darkish
• rayless
• tenebrous
• stygian
• darksome
• pitchy
• caliginous
• sombre
• clouded
• dulled
• pitch-dark
• tenebrific
• pitch-black
• twilit
• misty
• crepuscular
• shadowy
• lackluster
• gray
• cloudy
• shady
• starless
• moonless
• beclouded
• foggy
• pale
• befogged
• dull
• leaden
• shadowlike
• fuliginous
• sunless
• grey
• smoggy
• soupy

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• illuminated
• light
• lighted
• illumined
• luminous
• brilliant
• bright
• brightened
• shining
• lit
• glaring
• lucid
• sparkling
• resplendent
• lucent
• radiant
• effulgent
• alight
• incandescent
• glowing
• lightsome
• lambent
• beamy
• shiny
• beaming
• highlighted
• glossy
• lustrous
• spotlit
• aglitter
• spotlighted
• agleam
• ablaze
• relucent
• ultrabright
• sunlit
• moonlit
• moony
• floodlighted
• starlit
• floodlit

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• illuminated
• light
• lighted
• illumined
• luminous
• brilliant
• bright
• brightened
• shining
• lit
• glaring
• lucid
• sparkling
• resplendent
• lucent
• radiant
• effulgent
• alight
• incandescent
• glowing
• lightsome
• lambent
• beamy
• shiny
• beaming
• highlighted
• glossy
• lustrous
• spotlit
• aglitter
• spotlighted
• agleam
• ablaze
• relucent
• ultrabright
• sunlit
• moonlit
• moony
• floodlighted
• starlit
• floodlit

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obscured

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verb

past tense of obscure

1

as in concealed

to keep secret or shut off from view

the investigative reporters obscured their real motives for visiting the company by pretending the story was about something else

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concealed
• hid
• covered
• suppressed
• disguised
• masked
• veiled
• enshrouded
• shrouded
• cloaked
• overshadowed
• occulted
• curtained
• blanketed
• blocked
• belied
• camouflaged
• buried
• screened
• blotted out
• obstructed
• occluded
• darkened
• smothered
• clouded
• shaded
• eclipsed
• papered over
• whitewashed
• beclouded
• gilded
• varnished
• overcast
• gilt
• befogged
• covered (up)
• bedimmed
• glossed (over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• revealed
• exposed
• uncovered
• displayed
• disclosed
• unmasked
• showed
• presented
• divulged
• bared
• unveiled
• illuminated
• brought out
• clarified
• uncloaked
• published
• publicized
• proclaimed
• advertised
• aired
• spread
• broadcast
• broadcasted
• got out

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• revealed
• exposed
• uncovered
• displayed
• disclosed
• unmasked
• showed
• presented
• divulged
• bared
• unveiled
• illuminated
• brought out
• clarified
• uncloaked
• published
• publicized
• proclaimed
• advertised
• aired
• spread
• broadcast
• broadcasted
• got out

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2

as in blurred

to make dark, dim, or indistinct

when it isn't obscured by smog, the view of the city from the observatory can be spectacular

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blurred
• darkened
• clouded
• overshadowed
• shrouded
• blackened
• dimmed
• fogged
• shadowed
• concealed
• beclouded
• bleared
• misted
• shaded
• overcast
• obliterated
• hid
• hazed
• befogged
• eclipsed
• covered
• masked
• overclouded
• bedimmed
• veiled
• adumbrated
• cloaked
• camouflaged
• dislimned
• disguised
• fuzzed (up)
• curtained
• screened
• blotted out

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• illuminated
• brightened
• revealed
• exposed
• lit (up)
• lighted (up)
• uncovered
• lightened
• illumined
• unveiled

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• illuminated
• brightened
• revealed
• exposed
• lit (up)
• lighted (up)
• uncovered
• lightened
• illumined
• unveiled

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