Word Meanings - OBSCURITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty. Yuo are not for obscurity designed. Dryden. They were now brought forth from obscurity, to be contemplated by artists with admiration and

Additional info about word: OBSCURITY

The quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness; unintelligibleness; uncertainty. Yuo are not for obscurity designed. Dryden. They were now brought forth from obscurity, to be contemplated by artists with admiration and despair. Macaulay. Syn. -- Darkness; dimness; gloom. See Darkness.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of OBSCURITY)

• Gloom
• Gloaming
• twilight
• obscurity
• shadow
• obscuration
• dullness
• cloudiness
• cloud
• dejection
• sadness
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• Fog
• bewilderment
• perplexity
• haze
• Mystery
• Enigma
• puzzle
• secrecy
• veil
• shroud
• arcanum

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of OBSCURITY)

• Enlighten
• instruct
• illumine

Related words: (words related to OBSCURITY)

• DEJECTION
  1. A casting down; depression. Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides,
• PUZZLEMENT
  The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford.
• DULLNESS
  The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. Pope.
• PUZZLE
  1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
• CLOUD
  arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks 1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, susponded in the upper atmosphere. I do set my bow in the cloud. Gen. ix. 13. Note: A classification of clouds according
• ENIGMATIC; ENIGMATICAL
  Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.
• SHADOWY
  1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." Fenton. This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. Shak. 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow. 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon
• PUZZLEDOM
  The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley.
• INSTRUCTRESS
  A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
• ILLUMINER
  One who, or that which, illuminates.
• GLOOMY
  1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." Milton. 2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper
• CLOUDINESS
  The state of being cloudy.
• CLOUDLAND
  Dreamland.
• CLOUD-BURST
  A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.
• SECRECY
  1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy. The Lady Anne, Whom the king hath in secrecy long married. Shak. 2. That which is concealed; a secret. Shak. 3. Seclusion; privacy; retirement.
• SHADOWINESS
  The quality or state of being shadowy.
• CLOUDBERRY
  A species of raspberry growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.
• SHROUD
  A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts. (more info) clothing; akin to Icel. skru the shrouds of
• SHADOWISH
  Shadowy; vague. Hooker.
• GLOOMILY
  In a gloomy manner.
• FORESHADOW
  To shadow or typi Dryden.
• PREINSTRUCT
  To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
• UNSHROUD
  To remove the shroud from; to uncover. P. Fletcher.
• DISSHADOW
  To free from shadow or shade. G. Fletcher.
• OVERSHADOW
  1. To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure. There was a cloud that overshadowed them. Mark ix. 7. 2. Fig.: To cover with a superior influence. Milton.