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obscuring
noun as in confusion
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- abashing
- addling
- befuddling
- blurring
- cluttering
- confounding
- disarranging
- discomfiting
- disturbing
- dumbfounding
- embarrassing
- embroiling
- mixup mystification
- perplexing
- stirring up
- tangling
- unsettling
- upsetting
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He could, theoretically, present himself as a model citizen who made a mistake while obscuring what the mistakes been.
In this case, the rapid flow obviously was lying directly between the black hole and us, obscuring our view.
The Guardian recently wondered whether “the breasts are obscuring the message.”
One of the wages of polarization is the obscuring of what once was broad common ground even on supposed culture war issues.
Her body was covered with a blanket when it was found inside a cavern of the ancient walls, obscuring it from view.
Louis could not help seeing the lovely group, through the half-obscuring draperies of the open door.
We stumbled along, close up, for the thick-piled clouds still hung their light-obscuring banners over the sky.
Of course, it was not smoke obscuring the moon, she decided; it was a lamp, upheld by an ivory figure—a lamp with a Chinese shade.
Stone dust was obscuring the figure now, glittering in the sunlight.
It is possible that the whole science of life consists in obscuring the truth.
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On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to obscuring, such as: bewilderment, disorientation, distraction, embarrassment, turbulence, and turmoil.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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