Obscure
adjective
Not known or not clear.
The driving conditions were dangerous due to the obscure visibility.
Often appears as...
- obscure reference
- obscure visibility
verb
To make difficult to understand or unclear.
Her smile did nothing to obscure her discomfort.
Often appears as...
- obscure the truth
- obscure the view
adjective
Not famous or well-known.
An obscure writer suddenly became famous for his work.
Often appears as...
- obscure author
- obscure place
adjective
Not known or not clear.
The driving conditions were dangerous due to the obscure visibility.
Often appears as...
- obscure reference
- obscure visibility
verb
To make difficult to understand or unclear.
Her smile did nothing to obscure her discomfort.
Often appears as...
- obscure the truth
- obscure the view
adjective
Not famous or well-known.
An obscure writer suddenly became famous for his work.
Often appears as...
- obscure author
- obscure place
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Obscure Situations
Used when details are hard to see or understand in complex situations.
The detective found the motive for the crime rather obscure.
Pro Tip 2/3Ambiguous Context
Perfect for expressing when something can’t be interpreted with certainty.
His letter left me with an obscure impression of his intentions.
Pro Tip 3/3Limited Information
Use when information is incomplete or partially hidden.
The ancient text is obscure, lacking a clear translation.
Pro Tip 1/3Obscure Situations
Used when details are hard to see or understand in complex situations.
The detective found the motive for the crime rather obscure.
Pro Tip 2/3Ambiguous Context
Perfect for expressing when something can’t be interpreted with certainty.
His letter left me with an obscure impression of his intentions.
Pro Tip 3/3Limited Information
Use when information is incomplete or partially hidden.
The ancient text is obscure, lacking a clear translation.
Pro Tip 1/3Obscure Situations
Used when details are hard to see or understand in complex situations.
The detective found the motive for the crime rather obscure.
Pro Tip 2/3Ambiguous Context
Perfect for expressing when something can’t be interpreted with certainty.
His letter left me with an obscure impression of his intentions.
Pro Tip 3/3Limited Information
Use when information is incomplete or partially hidden.
The ancient text is obscure, lacking a clear translation.
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What’s the best country...
Ultimately, there are limits to any approach that boils the quality of life in a country down to a single number. Increasingly, experts favor a dashboard approach that lays out all the factors a single number obscures. This approach makes even more sense given that people have different priorities, and the answer to which country is best to live in
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How sampling transformed...
I had to make that joke in this room, because you would be the only people that I'd ever have a chance of getting it. And so, it's a groaner. Elsewhere in the pop and rap world, we're going a little bit sample-crazy. We're getting away from the obscure samples that we were doing, and all of a sudden everyone's taking
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People, Plants and...
protected area and there's a gap there and this is that gap that wasn't included in the national park and it's the tighter hills and you might think this is a very distant and obscure place but I'll show you a connection to it in a second and what's interesting if you look at this this
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What happens when you...
I felt like I couldn't just reject my neurologist's diagnosis. It didn't feel true, but I knew from my training that the truth is often counterintuitive, so easily obscured by what we want to believe. So I had to consider the possibility that he was right.
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What the discovery of...
but we'll never see them, because the Big Bang itself is obscured by its own afterglow. With gravitational waves, we should be able to see all the way back to the beginning. Perhaps most importantly, I'm positive that there are things out there
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My tango double-life PIPE...
just like this one where scientists researchers musicians artists TED fans lead a tango double life now to the outsiders the tango life is quite mysterious you go to obscure dense holes in the dodgy part of town to listen to
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Why is this painting so...
But the painting obscures their struggle to provide food for their household. Even the monarch's advanced age is concealed through the blurring of the mirror. What we do see in the geometric center of the canvas,
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The virginity fraud PIPE...
virgins bleed, and hymens are lost forever. Now, this may sound like a minor issue to you. Why should you care about an obscure little skin fold on the female body? But the truth is, this is about so much more
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4 reasons to learn a new...
but it tends to be in rather darling, obscure psychological flutters. It's not a matter of giving you a different pair of glasses on the world. Now, if that's the case, then why learn languages?
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Diving With Dolphins -...
these senses act as a gateway to the world of joy joy is ever present even when the clouds of the thinking mind obscure our view
Video examples
What’s the best country...
Ultimately, there are limits to any approach that boils the quality of life in a country down to a single number. Increasingly, experts favor a dashboard approach that lays out all the factors a single number obscures. This approach makes even more sense given that people have different priorities, and the answer to which country is best to live in
Video examples
How sampling transformed...
I had to make that joke in this room, because you would be the only people that I'd ever have a chance of getting it. And so, it's a groaner. Elsewhere in the pop and rap world, we're going a little bit sample-crazy. We're getting away from the obscure samples that we were doing, and all of a sudden everyone's taking
Video examples
People, Plants and...
protected area and there's a gap there and this is that gap that wasn't included in the national park and it's the tighter hills and you might think this is a very distant and obscure place but I'll show you a connection to it in a second and what's interesting if you look at this this
Video examples
What happens when you...
I felt like I couldn't just reject my neurologist's diagnosis. It didn't feel true, but I knew from my training that the truth is often counterintuitive, so easily obscured by what we want to believe. So I had to consider the possibility that he was right.
Video examples
What the discovery of...
but we'll never see them, because the Big Bang itself is obscured by its own afterglow. With gravitational waves, we should be able to see all the way back to the beginning. Perhaps most importantly, I'm positive that there are things out there
Video examples
My tango double-life PIPE...
just like this one where scientists researchers musicians artists TED fans lead a tango double life now to the outsiders the tango life is quite mysterious you go to obscure dense holes in the dodgy part of town to listen to
Video examples
Why is this painting so...
But the painting obscures their struggle to provide food for their household. Even the monarch's advanced age is concealed through the blurring of the mirror. What we do see in the geometric center of the canvas,
Video examples
The virginity fraud PIPE...
virgins bleed, and hymens are lost forever. Now, this may sound like a minor issue to you. Why should you care about an obscure little skin fold on the female body? But the truth is, this is about so much more
Video examples
4 reasons to learn a new...
but it tends to be in rather darling, obscure psychological flutters. It's not a matter of giving you a different pair of glasses on the world. Now, if that's the case, then why learn languages?
Video examples
Diving With Dolphins -...
these senses act as a gateway to the world of joy joy is ever present even when the clouds of the thinking mind obscure our view
Example 1 of 10
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Jayson Blair
American Journalist
You know I am done lying. Obscuring the truth is no longer something I have any interest in doing. I want it all to come out. The good, the bad, the ugly.
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
German Scientist
Delight at having understood a very abstract and obscure system leads most people to believe in the truth of what it demonstrates.
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George M. Whitesides
American Scientist
Simplicity, for reasons that are a little bit obscure, is almost not pursued, at least in the academic world.
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Isabelle Eberhardt
English Explorer
I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.
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Martin Short
American Actor
Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes.
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Joseph Joubert
French Writer
Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
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Harry S Truman
American President
Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.
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Jessamyn West
American Author
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
Quote examples
Jayson Blair
American Journalist
You know I am done lying. Obscuring the truth is no longer something I have any interest in doing. I want it all to come out. The good, the bad, the ugly.
Quote examples
Georg C. Lichtenberg
German Scientist
Delight at having understood a very abstract and obscure system leads most people to believe in the truth of what it demonstrates.
Quote examples
George M. Whitesides
American Scientist
Simplicity, for reasons that are a little bit obscure, is almost not pursued, at least in the academic world.
Quote examples
Isabelle Eberhardt
English Explorer
I am not afraid of death, but would not want to die in some obscure or pointless way.
Quote examples
Maya Angelou
American Poet
There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.
Quote examples
Martin Short
American Actor
Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes.
Quote examples
Joseph Joubert
French Writer
Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.
Quote examples
Harry S Truman
American President
Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.
Quote examples
Jessamyn West
American Author
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.
Quote examples
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
Example 1 of 10
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