opaqueness
Cannot see through
Opaqueness is the quality of not letting light through, or of being difficult to understand.
A material's opaqueness blocks vision; a writer's opaqueness blocks comprehension.
The word opacity means the same thing and appears more often in both literal and figurative uses.
State of being unknown
- incomprehensibilityBeing impossible to grasp
- unintelligibilityCannot be understood
- impenetrabilityResistance to penetration
- inscrutabilityImpossible to understand
abstruseness · complexity · difficulty · denseness · inaccessibility · esotericism · technicality · jargon
Practice of hiding information
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- hiddennessState of being obscured
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
- closed-doorExcluding outside parties
unaccountability · inscrutability · inaccessibility · bureaucracy · redaction · classification · stonewalling · cover-up
Absence of precision
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- unclearnessAbsence of clarity
- evasivenessTendency to avoid directness
- indirectnessLack of straightforwardness
obscurantism · crypticness · obliqueness · muddiness · imprecision · equivocation · hedging · circumlocution
Atmospheric opacity from vapor
- murkinessDimness, lack of clarity
- hazinessState of being unclear
- fogginessObscured or unclear state
- milkinessCloudy white quality
turbidity · translucence · frosted · smoked · tinted · dimness · obscuration · imperviousness
Non-reflective surface finish
- non-reflectiveNot shiny or glossy
- lusterlessDevoid of sheen
- flatLacking vertical variation
- frostedCovered with icy film
satin · eggshell · unpolished · diffuse · absorbent · textured · coated · tinted
obscurity
State of being unknown
- incomprehensibilityBeing impossible to grasp
- unintelligibilityCannot be understood
- impenetrabilityResistance to penetration
inscrutability · abstruseness · complexity · difficulty · denseness · inaccessibility · esotericism · technicality · jargon · obfuscation
secrecy
Practice of hiding information
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- hiddennessState of being obscured
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
closed-door · unaccountability · inscrutability · inaccessibility · bureaucracy · redaction · classification · stonewalling · cover-up
vagueness
Absence of precision
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- unclearnessAbsence of clarity
- evasivenessTendency to avoid directness
indirectness · obscurantism · crypticness · obliqueness · muddiness · imprecision · equivocation · hedging · circumlocution · obfuscation
cloudiness
Atmospheric opacity from vapor
milkiness · turbidity · translucence · frosted · smoked · tinted · dimness · obscuration · imperviousness · density
matte
Non-reflective surface finish
- non-reflectiveNot shiny or glossy
- lusterlessDevoid of sheen
- flatLacking vertical variation
frosted · satin · eggshell · unpolished · diffuse · absorbent · textured · coated · tinted · smoked
opaquenesstransparency
State of being see-through
translucency · clearness · clarity · limpidity · pellucidity
opaquenessclarity
State of being understandable
lucidity · clearness · intelligibility · comprehensibility · perspicuousness
opaquenesstransparency
State of being see-through
openness · forthrightness · directness · straightforwardness · candor