OBFUSCATORY Synonyms

• open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead

• having more than one possible meaning

• having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns

• made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance

• filled or abounding with clouds

• mentally disordered

• unclear in form or expression

• causing confusion or disorientation

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• of an obscure nature

• having a secret or hidden meaning

• having a puzzling terseness

• not clear to the understanding

• resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought

• open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead

• open to question

• uncertain as a sign or indication

• filled or abounding with fog or mist

• indistinct or hazy in outline

• not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand

• (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

• dark or gloomy

• of an obscure nature

• not clearly expressed or understood

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• difficult to find

• not famous or acclaimed

• not drawing attention

• remote and separate physically or socially

• make less visible or unclear

• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

• make unintelligible or unclear

• reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• not clear to the understanding

• lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity

• difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

• poorly stated or described

• not clear to the mind

• not easily deciphered

• poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise

• hard or impossible to understand

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• cause to be confused emotionally