| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To cut off from sight: block (out), conceal, hide1, obstruct, screen, shroud, shut off or (out). See SHOW. 2. To conceal in obscurity: hide1, submerge. See SHOW. 3. To make dim or indistinct: becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dim, dull, eclipse, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, overcast, overshadow, shadow. See CLEAR. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Liable to more than one interpretation: ambiguous, cloudy, equivocal, inexplicit, nebulous, uncertain, unclear, vague. See CERTAIN, CLEAR. 2. Deficient in brightness: caliginous, dark, dim, dusky, murky. See LIGHT. 3. Not readily noticed or seen: inconspicuous, unconspicuous, unnoticeable, unobtrusive. Idioms: having (or keeping) a low profile. See SEE. 4. Not known or not widely known by name: nameless, unheard-of, unknown. See KNOWLEDGE. 5. Far from centers of human population: back, insular, isolated, lonely, lonesome, outlying, out-of-the-way, remote, removed, secluded, solitary. Idioms: off the beaten path (or track) . See NEAR. 6. Not clearly perceived or perceptible: blear, bleary, cloudy, dim, faint, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, indefinite, indistinct, misty, shadowy, unclear, undistinct, vague. See CLEAR.
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