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

But there were too many multiple traumas and trauma swappings that wound up obscuring the issues. — Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026

In the video, the shooting officer’s arms and long gun block his camera’s view, obscuring Tucker in the moments before he was shot. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

But dark jokes about a nearly half-century-old massacre have a way of obscuring its continuing relevance. — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

As Wired reported, glitches can happen when workers move too quickly, including disembodied hands obscuring pages. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026

No political spin, just a focus on the numbers from governments’ own reports and how their unique accounting rules and financial definitions are obscuring the full truth of their financial story. — Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026

Hundreds of millions more watching from outside of this narrow corridor will also bear witness to a spectacular partial solar eclipse, as the moon passes in front of our parent star, without fully obscuring its surface. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Unlike some other test wraps, this camo does a much more thorough job of obscuring the truck's lines and overall shape. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2026

Others are folded into larger portfolio deals, obscuring the price of an individual home. — Mark David, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026