obfuscates
Makes deliberately unclear
Obfuscates means makes unclear or difficult to understand, usually deliberately.
Someone obfuscates the truth by burying it in jargon, technical language, or irrelevant details: The contract language obfuscates the actual fees.
Code can be obfuscated to prevent reverse engineering.
Politicians obfuscate when direct answers would be inconvenient.
Causes false belief
- confusesCauses mental disarray
- deceivesCauses false belief
- cloudsAirborne water masses
- concealsKeeps from being seen
veils · mystifies · bewilders · muddies · baffles · distracts · misdirects · camouflages
Converts to cipher
- encodesConverts into protected format
- hashesOctothorpes or breakfast medleys
- masksFace-covering disguises
- scramblesMixes into disorder
ciphers · obscures · garbles · mangles · transforms · compiles · compresses · protects
Makes more difficult
- convolutesMakes intricate or tangled
- tanglesKnotted, twisted masses
- overcomplicatesMakes excessively complex
- muddiesMakes less clear
confounds · buries · drowns · overwhelms · bamboozles · stonewalls · deflects · redacts
misleads
Causes false belief
conceals · veils · mystifies · bewilders · muddies · baffles · distracts · misdirects · camouflages · covers
encrypts
Converts to cipher
- encodesConverts into protected format
- hashesOctothorpes or breakfast medleys
- masksFace-covering disguises
scrambles · ciphers · obscures · garbles · mangles · transforms · compiles · compresses · protects · secures
complicates
Makes more difficult
- convolutesMakes intricate or tangled
- tanglesKnotted, twisted masses
- overcomplicatesMakes excessively complex
muddies · confounds · buries · drowns · overwhelms · bamboozles · stonewalls · deflects · redacts · withholds
obfuscatesclarifies
Makes more understandable
elucidates · explains · illuminates · simplifies · demystifies
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