(transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.

Dark, faint or indistinct. / Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous. / Difficult to understand. / Not well-known. / Unknown or uncertain; unclear.

The state of being obscured. / A unit of measurement used in particular for smoke detectors which respond to absorption of light by smoke, in percent absorption per unit length, e.g. % obs/ft, % obs/m.

One who acts to confound or obfuscate; an obscurantist. / A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.

Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure. / Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.

plural of obscurity

(transitive) To obscure.

One who, or that which, obscures.

comparative form of obscure: more obscure

plural of obscuration