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

(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.

(literary) Darkness; the absence of light. / The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown. / The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.

simple past tense and past participle of obscure

Made hidden, less visible, or dark.

The state or quality of being obscure.

In an obscure manner.

present participle of obscure

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obscure

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