obscurity

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əbˈskjʊəɹɪti/, /əbˈskjɔːɹɪti/
• (GA) IPA: /əbˈskjʊɹɪti/, /əbˈskjɝɪti/

Noun

obscurity

1. (literary) Darkness; the absence of light.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 24

     I walked in, and Stroeve followed me. The room was in darkness. I could only see that it was an attic, with a sloping roof; and a faint glimmer, no more than a less profound obscurity, came from a skylight.

2. The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
3. The quality of being difficult to understand; a thing that is difficult to understand.

Synonyms

• (the state of being unknown) unknownness

Antonyms

• (the state of being known) fame

  J. Wiwat (talk) 12:46, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

• (the state of being clear) clarity

Related terms

• obscure

Translations

• French: obscurité
• Italian: oscurità
• Portuguese: obscuridade
• Russian: мрак
• Spanish: oscuridad

Translations

• Russian: неизве́стность

Translations

• Russian: нея́сность

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