The meaning of Obfuscate

ˈɒb.fʌs.keɪt

Obfuscate – definition

verb
Make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
Usage examples:
The spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins
Synonims:
Obscure Confuse Make obscure/unclear Blur Muddle Jumble Complicate Garble Muddy Cloud Befog Muddy the waters

verb
To make something less clear and harder to understand, especially intentionally
Usage examples:
She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue., companies deliberately obfu…

Obfuscate translation into English

Obfuscate: translate from English into Chinese

混淆

Obfuscate: translate from English into Dutch

Verduisteren, Verwarren, Overschaduwen, Benevelen, Verbijsteren

Obfuscate: translate from English into French

Brouiller, Obscurcir, Dérouter, Déconcerter

Obfuscate: translate from English into German

Verschleiern, Vernebeln, Verwirren, Trüben, Unklar machen, Verworren machen

Obfuscate: translate from English into Hindi

अंधेरा करना, काला करना, निष्प्रदीप करना, अस्पष्ट करना, ढकना, अँधेरा करना, घबरा देना, होश-हवास गुम कर देना

Obfuscate: translate from English into Italian

Offuscare, Confondere

Obfuscate: translate from English into Korean

난독화, 혼미하게 하다, 당황하게 하다, 난처하게 하다

Obfuscate: translate from English into Russian

Затемнять, Сбивать с толку, Туманить рассудок

Obfuscate: translate from English into Spanish

Ofuscar, Oscurecer, Obcecar

Word origin

late Middle English: from late Latin obfuscat- ‘darkened’, from the verb obfuscare, based on Latin fuscus ‘dark’.

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Obfuscate – similar words

obfuscating

verb
Make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
Usage examples:
The spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins

verb
Present participle of obfuscate
Usage examples:
She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue., companies deliberately obfu…

All meanings and translations of Obfuscating

obfuscates

ˈɒb.fʌs.keɪt

verb
Make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
Usage examples:
The spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins

verb
To make something less clear and harder to understand, especially intentionally
Usage examples:
She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue., companies deliberately obfu…

All meanings and translations of Obfuscates

obfuscated

ˈɒb.fʌs.keɪt

verb
Make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
Usage examples:
The spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins

verb
Past simple and past participle of obfuscate
Usage examples:
She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue., companies deliberately obfu…

All meanings and translations of Obfuscated

Obfuscate synonims

befog

verb
Make confused.
Usage examples:
Her brain was befogged with lack of sleep

All meanings and translations of Befog

cloud

klaʊd

noun
A visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the general level of the ground.
Usage examples:
The sun had disappeared behind a cloud

verb
(of the sky) become overcast or gloomy.
Usage examples:
The blue skies clouded over abruptly

All meanings and translations of Cloud

complicate

ˈkɒm.plɪ.keɪt

verb
Make (something) more complicated.
Usage examples:
Increased choice will complicate matters for the consumer

verb
To make something more difficult to deal with or do
Usage examples:
The rescue operation was complicated by bad weather., his recovery was complicated by his generally…

All meanings and translations of Complicate

confuse

kənˈfjuːz

verb
Make (someone) bewildered or perplexed.
Usage examples:
Past and present blurred together, confusing her still further

verb
To cause someone to feel uncertain or unclear, or to make something difficult to understand
Usage examples:
You’re confusing me – please repeat the directions more slowly., you’re confusing me with my sister…

All meanings and translations of Confuse

jumble

noun
An untidy collection or pile of things.
Usage examples:
The books were in a chaotic jumble

verb
Mix up in a confused or untidy way.
Usage examples:
A drawer full of letters jumbled together

noun
A confused mixture or mass of things
Usage examples:
A jumble of papers on the desk, the events of the last few weeks are all jumbled up in my mind.

All meanings and translations of Jumble

muddle

verb
Bring into a disordered or confusing state.
Usage examples:
I fear he may have muddled the message

noun
An untidy and disorganized state or collection.
Usage examples:
The finances were in a muddle

noun
A messy and confused state
Usage examples:
Her life was in a muddle.

All meanings and translations of Muddle

obscure

adjective
Not discovered or known about; uncertain.
Usage examples:
His origins and parentage are obscure

verb
Keep from being seen; conceal.
Usage examples:
Grey clouds obscure the sun

adjective
Not known to many people
Usage examples:
An obscure 18th-century painter, official policy has changed for reasons that remain obscure.

All meanings and translations of Obscure

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