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Synonyms for obscurity
əbˈskyʊər ɪ tiob·scu·ri·ty
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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obscureness, obscurity, abstruseness, reconditenessnoun
the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand
Synonyms:
lowliness, profoundness, obscureness, abstruseness, abstrusity, profundity, humbleness, unimportance, reconditenessAntonyms:
pellucidity, limpidity, clarity, lucidity, clearness, lucidness, prominenceobscuritynoun
an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known
"he worked in obscurity for many years"
Synonyms:
abstruseness, reconditeness, obscurenessAntonyms:
clearness, clarity, pellucidity, lucidity, prominence, lucidness, limpidityobscurity, obscurenessnoun
the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination
Synonyms:
lowliness, unimportance, abstruseness, reconditeness, obscureness, humblenessAntonyms:
limpidity, lucidness, clearness, prominence, lucidity, clarity, pellucidity
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
obscuritynoun
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darkness, dimness, gloom, gloominess, shade, obscuration, cloud, obfuscationobscuritynoun
Synonyms:
seclusion, retirement, privacy
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
obscuritynoun
Synonyms:
ambiguity, vagueness, privacy, seclusion, retirement, darkness, obfuscation, obscuration
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1640 | dark | |
#3778 | mystery | |
#6663 | darkness | |
#8184 | shame | |
#12132 | humiliation | |
#17209 | contempt | |
#20136 | ambiguity | |
#21253 | oblivion | |
#25916 | opacity | |
#26615 | disgrace | |
#36428 | obscurity | |
#36900 | discredit | |
#57568 | infamy | |
#59800 | dishonor | |
#89194 | disrepute | |
#115920 | profundity | |
#135732 | ignominy | |
#174090 | humbleness | |
#208725 | lowliness | |
#272811 | unimportance | |
#314700 | contumely |
How to use obscurity in a sentence?
Alexander the Great once said that ‘I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity!’ What a great illusion is this! Wise man is he who always chooses to live longer and he who blesses the obscurity!
Tom Stoppard, Rosencranz And Guildenstern Are Dead:
We are tied down to a language that makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style.
Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted, February 23, 1775:
The changes in the human condition are uncertain and frequent. Many, on whom fortune has bestowed her favours, may trace their family to a more unprosperous station; and many who are now in obscurity, may look back upon the affluence and exalted rank of their ancestors.
What importance can we attach to the things of this world? Friendship? It disappears when the one who is liked comes to grief, or the one who likes becomes powerful. Love? it is deceived, fleeting, or guilty. Fame? You share it with mediocrity or crime. Fortune? Could that frivolity be counted a blessing? All that remains are those so-called happy days that flow past unnoticed in the obscurity of domestic cares, leaving man with the desire neither to lose his life nor to begin it over.
I think if we had a second referendum on European Union membership, we ’d kill it off for a generation, the percentage that would vote to leave next time would be very much bigger than it was last time round and we may just finish the whole thing off and Tony Blair can disappear off into total obscurity.
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