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- pronunciation:
- ab
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skeIt
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ab
fuh
skeIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
obfuscates, obfuscating, obfuscated |
| definition 1: |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken.
The meaning of the proposed amendment was obfuscated by bureaucratic language.- synonyms:
- becloud, confuse, obscure
- antonyms:
- clarify, explain
- similar words:
- befog, blur, cloud, darken, eclipse, fog, garble, muddle, muddy, shroud
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| definition 2: |
to baffle or confuse (a person).
- synonyms:
- baffle, confound, confuse
- similar words:
- befuddle, bewilder, fluster, fog, muddle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle
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| related words: |
blacken, blind, complicate, confound, confuse |
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| derivations: |
obfuscatory (adj.), obfuscation (n.) |
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