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obscured

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of obscured

being without light or without much light
  • an obscured area of the prison yard that was the perfect escape route
Synonyms of obscured

black, caliginous, dark, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dim, dimmed, dusk, dusky, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, rayless, somber (or sombre), stygian, tenebrific, tenebrous, unlit
Words Related to obscured

crepuscular, twilit

moonless, starless, sunless

cloudy, dull, dulled, lackluster

shadowlike, shadowy, shady

gray (also grey), leaden, pale

beclouded, befogged, clouded, foggy, fuliginous, misty, smoggy, soupy
Near Antonyms of obscured

ablaze, agleam, aglitter, alight, beaming, beamy, effulgent, glaring, glowing, incandescent, lambent, radiant, relucent, resplendent, shining, sparkling

ultrabright

glossy, lustrous, shiny

floodlit (also floodlighted), highlighted, spotlighted (or spotlit)

moonlit, moony, starlit, sunlit
Antonyms of obscured

bright, brightened, brilliant, illuminated, illumined, light, lit (or lighted), lightsome, lucent, lucid, luminous

obscured

verb , past tense of obscure

Synonyms and Antonyms of obscured

1 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 of obscured

belied, blanketed, blotted out, cloaked, concealed, covered, curtained, disguised, enshrouded, hid, masked, occulted, papered over, screened, shrouded, suppressed, veiled
Words Related to obscured

buried, camouflaged, covered (up), smothered

gilded (or gilt), glossed (over), varnished, whitewashed

beclouded, bedimmed, befogged, blocked, clouded, darkened, eclipsed, obstructed, occluded, overcast, overshadowed, shaded
Near Antonyms of obscured

brought out, presented

clarified, illuminated

advertised, aired, broadcast (also broadcasted), got out, proclaimed, publicized, published, spread
Antonyms of obscured

bared, disclosed, displayed, divulged, exposed, revealed, showed, uncloaked, uncovered, unmasked, unveiled
2 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 of obscured

beclouded, bedimmed, befogged, blackened, bleared, blurred, clouded, darkened, dimmed, dislimned, fogged, fuzzed (up), hazed, misted, overcast, overclouded, overshadowed, shadowed, shrouded
Words Related to obscured

adumbrated, blotted out, concealed, eclipsed, hid, obliterated, screened, shaded

camouflaged, cloaked, covered, curtained, disguised, masked, veiled
Near Antonyms of obscured

exposed, revealed, uncovered, unveiled
Antonyms of obscured

brightened, illuminated, illumined, lightened, lit (up) (or lighted (up))

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