obscures

VERB

conceal, hide

Synonyms

STRONGEST

belie blind block out blur camouflage cloud confuse cover cover up darken dim disguise eclipse mask misrepresent muddy overshadow shroud veil

STRONG

adumbrate becloud bedim befog blear block cloak con equivocate falsify fog gray haze mist murk obfuscate overcast overcloud pettifog screen shade shadow stonewall wrap

WEAK

cloud the issue double-talk fuzz gloom muddy the waters throw up smoke screen

Antonyms

STRONGEST

brighten clarify clear clear up explain lay out lighten reveal uncover unmask

STRONG

open

WEAK

illuminate loose

Example Sentences

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In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil?

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various

The dust which countless hoofs excite Obscures the sky and veils the light; But see, swift winds those clouds dispel As if they strove to please me well.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

These four short words his epitaph, Sublimely simple, nobly plain; Who adds to them but addeth chaff, Obscures with husks the golden grain.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various

I do not think the pious Calchas heard Distinctly what the goddess spake; old age Obscures the senses.

From Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School by Miller, Edwin L.

Yet Envy still with fiercer rage pursues, Obscures the virtue, and defames the Muse.

From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by Gilfillan, George