The Definition of Obscure

obscure

əbˈskjʊə/

adjective

1. 1.

   not discovered or known about; uncertain.

   "his origins and parentage are obscure"

   synonyms:

   unclear, uncertain, unknown, in doubt, doubtful, dubious, mysterious,hazy, vague, indeterminate, concealed, hidden "he was born about 1650 though his origins and parentage remain obscure"
2. 2.

   not clearly expressed or easily understood.

   "obscure references to Proust"

   synonyms:

   abstruse, recondite, arcane, esoteric, recherché, occult;  enigmatic,mystifying, puzzling, perplexing, baffling, ambiguous, cryptic,equivocal, Delphic, oracular, riddling, oblique, opaque, elliptical,unintelligible, uninterpretable, incomprehensible, impenetrable,unfathomable, inexplicable;  unexplained;  informalas clear as mud "obscure references to Proust"

verb

1. 1.

   keep from being seen; conceal.

   "grey clouds obscure the sun"

   synonyms:

   hide, conceal, cover, veil, shroud, screen, mask, cloak, cast a shadow over, shadow, envelop, mantle, block, block out, blank out,obliterate, eclipse, overshadow;  literaryenshroud, bedim, benight; rareobnubilate, adumbrate "grey clouds obscured the sun"