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What is the adjective for obscurity?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs obscure and unobscure which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

obscure
  1. Dark, faint or indistinct.
  2. Hidden, out of sight or inconspicuous.
  3. difficult to understand.
  4. not well-known.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. unclear, mysterious, clouded, uncertain, unconfirmed, vague, ambiguous, doubtful, dubious, hazy, hidden, indistinct, murky, nebulous, unestablished, unknown, unresolved, unsettled, confused, debatable, enigmatic, indefinite, indeterminate, shadowy, unascertained, undecided, undefined, undetermined, undisclosed, concealed, equivocal, imprecise, indistinguishable, opaque, speculative, apocryphal, blear, in doubt, ill-defined, open to question, up in the air, yet to be decided, cryptic, inexact, inexplicit, unsure, arcane, abstruse, puzzling, questionable … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “The origins of this ancient relic remain obscure, even to historians.”
      “The foreigners spoke in an obscure language.”
      “An obscure image of the Grim Reaper would appear in the distance before Bill and Ted during their bogus journey.”
obscurant
  1. Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.
  2. Typical of or pertaining to obscurants; obscurantic; obscurantistic.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. obscurantist, conservative, hidebound, reactionary, traditionalist, diehard, illiberal, doctrinaire, old-fashioned, backward-looking … more
unobscurable
  1. Not obscurable; which cannot be obscured.
obscurer
  1. comparative form of obscure: more obscure
  2. Synonyms:
      3. unclearer, vaguer, hazier, murkier, shadowier, more mysterious, more clouded, more uncertain, more ambiguous, more doubtful, more dubious, more hidden, more indistinct, more nebulous, more unestablished, more unknown, more unresolved, more unsettled, more confused, more debatable, more enigmatic, more indefinite, more indeterminate, more unascertained, more undecided, more equivocal, more imprecise, more indistinguishable, more opaque, more speculative, more apocryphal, more blear, more ill-defined, more up in the air, abstruser, deeper, subtler, obliquer, darker, stranger, more arcane, more cryptic, more esoteric, more occult … more
obscurantic
  1. Employing obscurantism.
obscurable
  1. Which can be obscured.
unobscured
  1. Not obscured
  2. Synonyms:
      3. clean, clear, light, distinct, mellow, plain, smooth, unclouded, undistorted, unmuddled, unmuffled, bright, well-lit, illuminated, lit, irradiated, lighted, lit up, well-illuminated, well-lighted, well lit, aglow, brightened, luminous, lustrous, well illuminated, ablaze, alight, brilliant, full of light, illumined, lightsome, resplendent, scintillant, well lighted, floodlit, fluorescent, lambent, lucent, phosphorescent, refulgent, undimmed, burnished, cloudless, flashing, sunlit, sunny, sunshiny … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Given sufficiently high spatial resolution and contrast, passive visible imagers can identify unobscured targets.”
      “The middle of the month will see some bright spells where solar rays are unobscured by cloud.”
      “Weather forecasters say the chances of an unobscured view of the transit are good for central, eastern and southern England.”
unobscure
  1. Not obscure.
obscurest
  1. superlative form of obscure: most obscure
  2. Synonyms:
      3. unclearest, vaguest, haziest, murkiest, shadowiest, most mysterious, most clouded, most uncertain, most ambiguous, most doubtful, most dubious, most hidden, most indistinct, most nebulous, most unestablished, most unknown, most unresolved, most unsettled, most confused, most debatable, most enigmatic, most indefinite, most indeterminate, most unascertained, most undecided, most equivocal, most imprecise, most indistinguishable, most opaque, most speculative, most apocryphal, most blear, most ill-defined, most up in the air, abstrusest, deepest, subtlest, obliquest, darkest, strangest, most arcane, most cryptic, most esoteric, most occult … more
obscured
  1. simple past tense and past participle of obscure
  2. Synonyms:
      3. confused, complicated, confounded, convoluted, obfuscated, muddled, befuddled, clouded, discombobulated, distorted, garbled, muddied, blurred, jumbled, perplexed, twisted, beclouded, befogged, embroiled, raveled, ravelled, darkened, disoriented, entangled, tangled, intricated, made a mess of, made complex, made difficult, made more difficult, made unclear, muddied the waters, rendered uncertain, repressed, misrepresented, concealed, hid, mired, fuddled, mystified, muddied the waters of, tainted, fuzzed, tarnished, colored, fuzzed up, falsified, coloured, equivocated, clouded the issue … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A stunted cedar tree and a slightly inclined post supporting an oversized mailbox straddled its obscured entrance.”
      “The tears streamed down, dark as blood, reflected in the obscured canopy of sky.”
      “The obscured sky above threatened rain as we continued our trek.”
obscuring
  1. present participle of obscure
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hiding, screening, cloaking, concealing, masking, shrouding, veiling, obstructing, covering, eclipsing, shadowing, blanketing, blocking, enshrouding, enveloping, overshadowing, adumbrating, befogging, burying, camouflaging, clouding, blurring, disguising, fogging, hazing, mantling, misting, suppressing, beclouding, bedimming, blearing, curtaining, darkening, dimming, encasing, ensconcing, obliterating, overcasting, overclouding, shading, belying, bemisting, benighting, blackening, blinding, caching, dislimning, hindering, murking, obnubilating … more
unobscuring
  1. present participle of unobscure
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