Obscenity, n.
- 1. Indecency, indelicacy, immodesty, unchastity, lewdness, obsceneness.
- 2. Ribaldry, lewdness, smuttiness, indelicacy.
Obscure, a.
- 1. Dark, gloomy, rayless, darksome, unilluminated, unenlightened, dusky, sombre, sombrous, lurid, shadowy,
murky, dim.
- 2. Unintelligible, incomprehensible, indistinct, indefinite, vague, doubtful, enigmatical, mysterious, mystic,
mystical, recondite, abstruse, cabalistic, transcendental, high, intricate, involved, difficult, blind.
- 3. Retired, remote, secluded.
- 4. Unknown, undistinguished, nameless, unnoted, unnoticed, renownless, unhonored, humble, inglorious.
- 5. Imperfect, dim, indistinct, defective.
Obscure, v. a.
- 1. Darken, cloud, eclipse, dim, shade, obfuscate.
- 2. Degrade, tarnish.
- 3. Hide, disguise, keep in the dark, conceal, cover.