variants
or obscurantic
as in shadowy
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obscurant
Adjective
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This shadowy figure assists Banquo’s son, Fleance (Noemi Avalos), in escaping the same end.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025 -
The shadowy figures appear as angels of light, perhaps even Jesus Himself.—
Lauren Green,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Often, the ad is for an indistinct mobile game featuring a woman with a freezing baby who must choose between spending her fifty gold coins on either building a working fireplace or repairing a broken window that’s letting in an icy breeze.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them,
11 Feb. 2025
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In Murnau’s film, this is Ellen and Nosferatu’s only night together, and the focus is on the vampire; his hollowed eyes, long claws, and kneeling figure are illuminated, while Ellen is turned away from the camera, her body a lumpy, indistinct shape on the bed.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The film’s finale, a haunting image of Madison lying against Yura Borisov’s chest in a foggy car while waiting to resume her old life, lingers long after the credits roll.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
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The forecast for the U.S. economy also remains foggy.—
Jordyn Holman,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Any taco pairs beautifully with our hazy pale ale, Warplanes.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Costumed performers parade past brick houses against hazy backdrops, the eyes of their masks seemingly lost in thought.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This is partially because the lungs breathe out moisture in misty breaths.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
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His eyes had turned misty at the memory of his mother’s words.—
Anna Russell,
The New Yorker,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Her words hung in the air, jarring against the faint mariachi music coming through the patio speakers.—
Emily Baumgaertner Nunn,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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Anyone who’s watched baseball on television in recent years will be familiar with the faint, rectangular box that appears in front of the batter.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Today’s Nakasendō is often more of an idea than a physical route, at times indistinguishable from modern roads.—
Hannah Walhout,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2025
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And to him attention is indistinguishable from will because that ability to focus is the essence of will.—
Sean Illing,
Vox,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Hansen stripped off her knee pads, helmet, elbow pads, cave pack and muddy boots — after finishing her qualifications to lead cave tours at the national monument — and began to cry.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Evidence of bygone civilizations has been steadily deposited on the river’s muddy bottom for modern archaeologists to mine.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Obscurant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obscurant. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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