obfuscated
Deliberately made unclear
Obfuscated means made unclear, confusing, or difficult to understand—usually deliberately.
Code can be obfuscated to prevent reverse engineering: The malware used obfuscated JavaScript to evade detection.
Language gets obfuscated to hide meaning: The contract's obfuscated terms buried the penalties in legalese.
The past tense and past participle of obfuscate.
Made invisible deliberately
- encryptedTransformed into cipher
- maskedHaving face covered
- disguisedConcealed true identity
- cloakedConcealed or covered
camouflaged · buried · veiled · shrouded · covert · clandestine · undisclosed · unrevealed
Excessively complex or twisted
- muddledIn a confused state
- confusingCausing mental uncertainty
- crypticObscure in meaning
- opaqueImpassable to light
vague · ambiguous · murky · nebulous · unintelligible · incomprehensible · indecipherable · garbled
Gathered and arranged
- hashedCut into pieces
- encodedConverted to cipher
- ciphertextEncoded, unreadable message
- bytecodeCompiled platform-neutral instructions
hexadecimal · scrambled · compressed · proprietary · decompiled · reverse-engineered · debugging · malware
concealed
Made invisible deliberately
cloaked · camouflaged · buried · veiled · shrouded · covert · clandestine · undisclosed · unrevealed · incognito
convoluted
Excessively complex or twisted
opaque · vague · ambiguous · murky · nebulous · unintelligible · incomprehensible · indecipherable · garbled · tangled
compiled
Gathered and arranged
- hashedCut into pieces
- encodedConverted to cipher
- ciphertextEncoded, unreadable message
bytecode · hexadecimal · scrambled · compressed · proprietary · decompiled · reverse-engineered · debugging · malware · DRM
- unrecognizabledisguised, unrecognizable, blurred, camouflaged, masked
obfuscatedelucidated
Made something understandable
explained · illuminated · revealed · disclosed · exposed
obfuscate, obfuscation, obfuscating, obfuscates, obfuscations