obscurant

adjective

variants or obscurantic
Definition of obscurantnext
as in shadowy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obscurant
  1. shadowy
  2. indistinct
  3. foggy
  4. hazy
  5. misty
  6. faint
  7. indistinguishable
  8. muddy
Adjective
  • This shadowy faction has been roaming the galaxy and mass-converting citizens, but their intent is unknown — something for players to discover over the coming weeks and months.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
  • His client is the existing Powers That Be, embodied by Charles Dance’s shadowy financier.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of shadowy
Adjective
  • Even the most rarefied fixtures, the ones the elite were so convinced would be so appealing, have come to seem ephemeral, indistinct.
    Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The resulting black-and-white photograph shows some two dozen deer in a mesmerizing blur — indistinct, eerie white figures under a canopy of trees.
    Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of indistinct
Adjective
  • After one particularly challenging transcontinental flight with a diaper blowout and a toddler with motion sickness, my husband disembarked in foggy San Francisco wearing just swim trunks and a short-sleeve T-shirt.
    Jocelyn Newman, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
  • No matter how many times a player has trod through the foggy streets of Silent Hill, the town is never anything less than unnerving.
    Richard Newby, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of foggy
Adjective
  • Growing support from the Hill While the full details of these policy proposals remain hazy, a growing number of lawmakers have signaled early support for the effort.
    Luke Garrett, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Consider Chatterton’s Fields of This, an exemplary case study, as the hazy slacker rock the Oxnard, California, duo of guitarist-keyboardist Brock Pierce and multi-instrumentalist Logan Scrivner dream up is brash yet diffident.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of hazy
Adjective
  • The sound of the vast rotors rippled through the air tossing up the lagoon’s waters in a misty haze.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
  • With an awed expression and misty eyes, Swift marveled at the waves of aural affection, taking out her ear monitors to fully experience the overwhelming sound.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of misty
Adjective
  • Scot Warwick’s final communication with his wife was a faint squeeze of her hand.
    J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The eclipse effect will open up sustained views of the sun's faint surrounding corona, allowing for the second craft to use a suite of onboard sensors to collect data and photograph the inner region of the corona, according to the ESA.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of faint
Adjective
  • His charisma is indistinguishable from that of the orchestra itself.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Technology these days can make the voice of a scammer virtually indistinguishable from that of a loved one.
    Cicely Jones, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Definition of indistinguishable
Adjective
  • At the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, heavy rains—likely influenced by the volcanic disruptions—turned the battlefield into a muddy quagmire, delaying Napoleon's attacks and aiding the Allied forces' eventual victory.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • But in the Northeast and Midwest, that research points to a less concrete loss, of ice fishing and pond skating and dogsledding, and other parts of life that just aren’t as possible in a sopping wet, muddy winter.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of muddy
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