Synonyms of obscuring

obscuring

verb

present participle of obscure

1

as in concealing

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

• concealing
• hiding
• covering
• disguising
• suppressing
• masking
• shrouding
• cloaking
• enshrouding
• veiling
• occulting
• overshadowing
• curtaining
• blocking
• blanketing
• belying
• camouflaging
• burying
• screening
• blotting out
• papering over
• obstructing
• smothering
• covering (up)
• darkening
• clouding
• shading
• occluding
• whitewashing
• eclipsing
• varnishing
• gilding
• beclouding
• overcasting
• glossing (over)
• befogging
• bedimming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• showing
• revealing
• exposing
• disclosing
• displaying
• uncovering
• divulging
• baring
• presenting
• unmasking
• clarifying
• bringing out
• unveiling
• illuminating
• uncloaking
• spreading
• proclaiming
• publicizing
• advertising
• publishing
• broadcasting
• airing
• getting out

2

as in blurring

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

• blurring
• darkening
• clouding
• blackening
• overshadowing
• shrouding
• concealing
• dimming
• fogging
• shadowing
• hiding
• beclouding
• overcasting
• shading
• misting
• covering
• masking
• hazing
• obliterating
• eclipsing
• blearing
• dislimning
• disguising
• camouflaging
• overclouding
• befogging
• bedimming
• cloaking
• fuzzing (up)
• adumbrating
• veiling
• curtaining
• screening
• blotting out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• illuminating
• revealing
• brightening
• lighting (up)
• exposing
• lightening
• uncovering
• illumining
• unveiling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of obscuring

Other finalists include photos of mist rolling over hills in Vietnam, a massive chunk of ice calving from a glacier in Argentina and smoke from wildfires obscuring the New York City skyline. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026

Spectral Lilac Lilac nods to early morning mist floating over an eerily still lake, or obscuring your path through a twisting forest. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 24 Oct. 2026

In the early ‘80s, the singer was already obscuring his Blackness with makeup (prior to remaking his features with plastic surgery). — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Digital secondary channels have become the main outlet for liquidating illicit inventories, often obscuring sellers’ origins while reaching millions of buyers worldwide. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026

Musk has his own political action committee, which has also committed money to Paxton’s cause, but the $158 million was routed through a separate group, the Senate Leadership Fund, obscuring for weeks the extent of his involvement. — Casey Murray, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026

Just such an October weather pattern occurred 61 years ago, obscuring predawn views of the spectacular Comet Ikeya-Seki for most observers east of the Mississippi — an ironic fate for the most brilliant comet of the 20th century. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Today’s problem is hyperscalers spending themselves into oblivion, spreading inflation well beyond Silicon Valley and obscuring problems nearly everywhere else. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

But the speculation had become the real story, obscuring the events that were being bet on. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026