Definition
to obscure: to hide, to cover up, to disguise, to obstruct, to mask
to obscure the truth to hide, cover up, mask the truth
obscure: unclear, hidden, uncertain, dark; unknown, minor, unfamiliar
He's an obscure author from the late 19th century, you probably wouldn't have heard of him.
- "The fog greatly obscured visibility and quite frankly, it's a miracle we arrived safely."
- "Mile High Airways fly to a range of out-of-the-way and obscure destinations."
- "I understand that we make this perfume in some obscure country, somewhere called... Wales?"
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