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obscurity

4 syllables
noun
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As a noun, obscurity means darkness.

Meanings of obscurity

5 meanings

noun

  1. literaryDarkness; the absence of light.

  2. The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.

  3. The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.

  4. An obscure and unimportant standing; not well known

    “he worked in obscurity for many years”

  5. The state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination

    Similar: obscureness

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to unde…
obscurenessabstrusenessreconditeness
noun: the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of a…
obscureness
Oppositesclarityprominence

Words that rhyme with obscurity

securitypuritymaturitysuretyimpurity

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Nearby words

obsceneobscenelyobscenityobscureobscuredobscurenessobsequiousobsequyobservableobservablyobservanceobservant