Obfuscates - English meaning

ˈɒb.fʌs.keɪt

Obfuscates – definitions in English dictionary

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…

Obfuscates translation into English

Obfuscates: translate from English into Chinese

混淆

Obfuscates: translate from English into Dutch

Verduistert, Verduisteren, Verwarren, Overschaduwen, Benevelen, Verbijsteren

Obfuscates: translate from English into French

Obscurcit, Obscurcir, Dérouter, Déconcerter

Obfuscates: translate from English into German

Verschleiert, Vernebeln, Verwirren, Trüben, Unklar machen, Verworren machen

Obfuscates: translate from English into Hindi

अस्पष्ट, अंधेरा करना, काला करना, निष्प्रदीप करना, अस्पष्ट करना

Obfuscates: translate from English into Italian

Offusca, Confondere

Obfuscates: translate from English into Korean

난독화, 혼미하게 하다, 당황하게 하다, 난처하게 하다

Obfuscates: translate from English into Russian

Затемняет, Затемнять, Сбивать с толку, Туманить рассудок

Obfuscates: translate from English into Spanish

Ofusca, 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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Obfuscates – 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…

Obfuscating - all meanings in English

obfuscated

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…

Obfuscated - all meanings in English

obfuscate

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…

Obfuscate - all meanings in English

Obfuscates synonims

befog

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

Befog - all meanings in English

blur

verb
Make or become unclear or less distinct.
Usage examples:
Tears blurred her vision

noun
A thing that cannot be seen or heard clearly.
Usage examples:
The pale blur of her face

adjective
(of a person) stupid, clumsy, or confused.
Usage examples:
It was kinda funny seeing how blur someone can be when having to do a task they have no clue about

Blur - all meanings in English

cloud

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

Cloud - all meanings in English

complicate

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…

Complicate - all meanings in English

confuse

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…

Confuse - all meanings in English

garble

verb
Reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way.
Usage examples:
The connection was awful and kept garbling his voice

noun
A garbled account or transmission.
Usage examples:
Most readers assumed the word was a typographical garble

verb
To make words or messages unclear and difficult to understand
Usage examples:
It's bad when phones garble conversations.

Garble - all meanings in English

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.

Jumble - all meanings in English

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.

Muddle - all meanings in English

muddy

adjective
Covered in or full of mud.
Usage examples:
They changed their muddy boots

verb
Cover or fill (something) with mud.
Usage examples:
The linoleum flooring was muddied

adjective
Covered by or containing mud (= wet, sticky earth)
Usage examples:
Don't bring those muddy boots inside!, muddy water, the room has been painted in muddy browns and g…

Muddy - all meanings in English

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.

Obscure - all meanings in English

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