obfuscate

Speech parts

1. obfuscate - Adjective

2. obfuscate - Verb

Meaning

Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

To darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence, to confuse; to bewilder.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

obscure eclipse confuse darken overshadow muddle buffalo fox faze floor beat cloud throw pose fog
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Antonyms

explain clarify simplify show describe brief
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Hypernyms

change alter modify

Derivatives

obfuscated obfuscating

Examples

Life has a tendency to obfuscate and bewilder, Such as fating us to spend the first part of our lives being embarrassed by our parents and the last part being embarrassed by our childer. Ogden Nash

We are not going to get rid of the digital media - nor should we want to - and so our challenge is to use the media to determine the truth, rather than to let the media obfuscate matters. Howard Gardner

Mr Malami on Friday released a statement that apparently sought to obfuscate the government's agreement to pay Mr Bagudu $110 million with a different portion of the Abacha loot recently repatriated to Nigeria from the Island of Jersey. Source: Internet

An example of this is the way the tobacco industry conspired to obfuscate the proven connection between tobacco use and incidence of cancer. Source: Internet

Let’s not alienate anyone and work towards education and support instead of hurling thinly-veiled insults (vegetarian “myth”) that obfuscate more important issues. Source: Internet

Note that in order for this technique to work, we need to make sure that GWT doesn't obfuscate the names of the CSS classes. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

obfirmate obfirmation obfuscatable obfuscated obfuscation obfuscational