obscures
Makes less visible
Obscures is the verb form of obscure, meaning to make something difficult to see, understand, or find.
Clouds obscure the sun; jargon obscures meaning; fame can obscure a person's flaws.
Smoke obscured the view.
The real story was obscured by conflicting accounts.
What obscures doesn't eliminate—it hides or overshadows.
Conceals or animal skins
- concealsKeeps from being seen
- coversPuts over, hides
- masksFace-covering disguises
- screensDisplays or filters
shields · obstructs · blocks · eclipses · shrouds · veils · cloaks · blankets
Causes mental disarray
- muddlesCreates disorder or confusion
- obfuscatesRenders unclear intentionally
- befuddlesCauses mental confusion
- bewildersCauses thorough confusion
mystifies · puzzles · baffles · perplexes · clouds · complicates · garbles · convolutes
hides
Conceals or animal skins
screens · shields · obstructs · blocks · eclipses · shrouds · veils · cloaks · blankets · occludes
confuses
Causes mental disarray
- muddlesCreates disorder or confusion
- obfuscatesRenders unclear intentionally
- befuddlesCauses mental confusion
bewilders · mystifies · puzzles · baffles · perplexes · clouds · complicates · garbles · convolutes · tangles
camouflages
Conceals by blending in
suppresses · withholds · encrypts · encodes · redacts · censors · erases · effaces · glosses over · whitewashes
blurs
Makes indistinct
mists · clouds · smudges · smears · softens · defocuses · films · bleary · gauzy · diffuses
obscuresclarifies
Makes more understandable
elucidates · explains · illuminates · clears up · simplifies
obscuresreveals
Makes visible or known
discloses · exposes · divulges · publicizes · broadcasts
- obscure originsUnclear source or ancestry
obscure, obscured, obscurity, obscuring, obscurely, obscureness, obscurities, obscurer, unobscured