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(adj)
Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.
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Not clearly or explicitly defined.
Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.
Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
Not accurately determined or determinable.
(obsolete) Synonym of confused.
(sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.
Impossible or very difficult to understand.
Without honor, or causing dishonor.
(v)
To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness.
Ignominious; disgraceful.
Incomprehensible.
Separate, on the side.
Which has not been lauded or appreciated.
Not prominent nor easily noticeable.
(transitive) To make dim; to obscure or darken.
Not noticeable.
Not connected or joined.
Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
(except poetic) Completely destroyed or erased; effaced, obliterated.
(Singlish, Manglish) Lacking awareness; clueless or confused.
(transitive) To obscure.
(transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
(transitive) To cause to become obscure or muddled.
To become covered in haze.
(ambitransitive) To cover, or become covered, with clouds.
To confuse, mystify (a person); to make less acute or perceptive, to cloud (a person’s faculties).
(n)
(countable, uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)
Initialism of fraudulently-obtained genuine, a type of illicit passport.
A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
Hidden
Having hidden (unapparent) meaning.
Difficult to understand.
Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.
Open to multiple interpretations.
Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
Not certain; unsure.
difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.
(transitive) To lose remembrance of.
Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty.
Of or relating to obscurantism.
To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.
(of a statement, matter, or thing) Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.
Understood by only a few.
Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
(obsolete) Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.
Insane, mad.
Not intelligible; unable to be understood.
Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate.
(transitive) To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
Being or kept hidden.
(transitive) To take credit or reputation from; to derogate; to defame or decry.
To perplex or puzzle.
(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
Not explained; of unknown cause or origin.
(transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
Not identified; having an unknown or unnamed identity.
Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent.
(transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
(transitive) To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.
Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
In shadow; darkened by shadows.
(Canada, US, slang) Of questionable or doubtful quality.
(transitive) To dominate something and make it seem insignificant.
(transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light.
Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
(figuratively) Incomprehensible; fathomless; inscrutable.
Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.
(nonstandard) Synonym of nonspecific (“not specific”).
(of an image etc) not clearly defined or not having a sharp outline; faint or dim
Not transparent.
Poorly defined; blurry, out of focus; lacking a clear boundary.
(of an image) Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.
Having a low concentration.
Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged.
Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest, or an enlightened inner circle.
To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
Vague or ill-defined.
Thick or obscured with haze.
Filled with clouds; cloudy.
Covered with or characterised by clouds.
(transitive) To compromise, damage, soil, or sully.
Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of minimize. [(transitive) To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce.]
Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
Vague or imprecise.
A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
(less common in the US) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
Not bright or colorful.