obscurity

  • 11Obscurity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Obscurity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 obscurity obscurity &c.(unintelligibility) 519 Sgm: N 1 involution involution Sgm: N 1 hard words hard words Sgm: N 1 ambiguity ambiguity &c. 520 Sgm: N 1 unintelligibleness …

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  • 12obscurity — n. 1) to emerge from obscurity 2) to sink into obscurity * * * [əb skjʊ(ə)rɪtɪ] to emerge fromobscurity to sink into obscurity …

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  • 13obscurity — ob|scu|ri|ty [ əb skjurəti ] noun 1. ) uncount a state in which a person or thing is not well known or not remembered: a girl who was plucked from obscurity to become a star in obscurity: He was a famous poet, but he died in obscurity. 2. ) count …

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  • 14obscurity — noun 1) the novel plots Carlotta’s rise from obscurity to stardom Syn: insignificance, inconspicuousness, unimportance, anonymity; limbo, twilight, oblivion Ant: fame 2) small minded intellectuals who had accused him of obscurity Syn …

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  • 15obscurity — /euhb skyoor i tee/, n., pl. obscurities. 1. the state or quality of being obscure. 2. the condition of being unknown: He lived in obscurity for years before winning acclaim. 3. uncertainty of meaning or expression; ambiguity. 4. an unknown or… …

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  • 16obscurity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Shade Nouns 1. obscurity, dimness, darkness, obscuration, obfuscation, opacity; whiteout; shade, cloud, gloom, duskiness, etc. See concealment, invisibility, cloudiness. 2. unclearness, indefiniteness,… …

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  • 17obscurity — noun 1 (U) the state of not being known or remembered: O Brien retired from politics and died in obscurity. 2 (C, U) something that is difficult to understand, or the quality of being difficult to understand: After years of analysis, a great many …

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  • 18obscurity — obscure ► ADJECTIVE (obscurer, obscurest) 1) not discovered or known about; uncertain. 2) not well known. 3) not clearly expressed or easily understood. 4) hard to make out; indistinct. ► VERB ▪ conceal or make unclear …

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  • 19Obscurity (band) — Obscurity Origin Velbert, Germany Genres Melodic death metal Black metal Viking metal Years active 1997–present Labels …

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  • 20Obscurity (recording) — Obscurity is a ROIO by Pink Floyd. This double disc set was recorded at the Taft Auditorium in Cincinnati on November 20th 1971. (This is contrary to the information on the CD, which claims to have been recorded at Case Western Reserve University …

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