obscuritynoun [ U ]
uk/əbˈskjʊə.rə.ti/us/əbˈskjʊr.ə.t̬i/obscurity noun [ U ] (NOT KNOWN)
the state of not being known to many people:
He was briefly famous in his twenties but then sank into obscurity.
He rose from relative obscurity to worldwide recognition.
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Unknown and unfamiliar
- a pig in a poke idiom
- alien
- foreign
- hidden
- lesser-known
- obscure
- pig
- shadowy
- strange
- strangeness
- TBD
- terra incognita
- uncommon
- unexplored
- unfamiliar
- unheard-of
- unknown
- unused
- vocabulary
- wild card
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obscurity noun [ U ] (NOT CLEAR)
the state of being not clear and difficult to understand or see:
The story is convoluted and opaque, often to the point of total obscurity.
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Difficult to understand
- (as) clear as mud idiom
- abstruse
- ambiguity
- ambiguous
- arcane
- blurred
- diffuse
- equivocal
- esoteric
- fathomless
- garble
- get it into your thick head idiom
- obscure
- opaque
- over your head idiom
- paradox
- puzzler
- puzzling
- recherché
- veiled
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