obscurity — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(noun.)

ADJ

total | comparative, relative | political, professional

impenetrable

His handwriting was so messy that his notes fell into impenetrable obscurity.

VERB + OBSCURITY

fade into, sink into, slip into

be plucked from, emerge from

The talented musician was finally plucked from obscurity when a famous producer heard her demo.

be consigned to, be relegated to

PREP

in ~

The small village remained in obscurity until a famous movie was filmed there last year.

Definitions

noun

1

Darkness; the absence of light.

The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.

I walked in, and Stroeve followed me. The room was in darkness. I could only see that it was an attic, with a sloping roof; and a faint glimmer, no more than a less profound obscurity, came from a skylight.

2

The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.

The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments[…]; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.

3

The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to underst

obscureness
abstruseness
reconditeness

noun — the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adeq

obscureness

Antonyms

clarity
lucidity
lucidness
pellucidity
clearness
limpidity
prominence

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow,

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02

I walked in, and Stroeve followed me. The room was in darkness. I could only see that it was an attic, with a sloping roof; and a faint glimmer, no more than a less profound obscurity, came from a sky

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03

The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments[…]; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonet

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04

He lived and died in obscurity.

Tatoeba · #285249

05

He lived in obscurity.

Tatoeba · #303842

06

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

Tatoeba · #690955

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, obscurity is marked as literary. Watch for register when choosing this word.