obscurest
Most hidden from view
Obscurest is the superlative of obscure—the most hidden, least known, or hardest to understand.
The form is somewhat old-fashioned; most obscure now dominates in speech and writing.
But obscurest persists in literary contexts: the obscurest corners of the archive, the obscurest references in the poem.
Difficult to comprehend
- reconditeObscure and specialized
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
Byzantine · labyrinthine · convoluted · opaque · dense · perplexing · baffling · confounding
Not yet found
- unchartedNot yet documented
- unexploredNot yet investigated
- unmappedLacking cartographic representation
- hiddenKept out of sight
forgotten · overlooked · unsung · unrecognized · unheard-of · uncelebrated · nameless · anonymous
abstruse
Difficult to comprehend
- reconditeObscure and specialized
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
inscrutable · Byzantine · labyrinthine · convoluted · opaque · dense · perplexing · baffling · confounding · bewildering
undiscovered
Not yet found
- unchartedNot yet documented
- unexploredNot yet investigated
- unmappedLacking cartographic representation
hidden · forgotten · overlooked · unsung · unrecognized · unheard-of · uncelebrated · nameless · anonymous · unrevealed
enigma
Something hard to fathom
conundrum · paradox · arcane · esoteric · occult · cryptogram · oracle · sphinx · allegory · symbolism
dim
Low in light
gloomy · dark · unilluminated · lightless · dusky · shaded · crepuscular · somber · dingy · clouded
- obscure originsUnclear source or ancestry
obscure, obscured, obscurely, obscureness, obscures, obscurer, unobscured