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English noun: obscurity | |||
| 1. | obscurity (attribute) the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand | ||
| Synonyms | abstruseness, obscureness, reconditeness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | incomprehensibility | ||
| Antonyms | clarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity | ||
| 2. | obscurity (state) an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known | ||
| Samples | He worked in obscurity for many years. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | standing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anonymity, humbleness, limbo, lowliness, namelessness, nowhere, oblivion, obscureness, unimportance | ||
| Antonyms | prominence | ||
| 3. | obscurity (state) the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination | ||
| Synonyms | obscureness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | semidarkness | ||
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