obfuscate
11obfuscate — [[t]ɒ̱bfʌskeɪt[/t]] obfuscates, obfuscating, obfuscated VERB To obfuscate something means to deliberately make it seem confusing and difficult to understand. [FORMAL] [V n] They are obfuscating the issue, as only insurance companies can... There… …
12obfuscate — UK [ˈɒbfʌˌskeɪt] / US [ˈɑbfəˌskeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms obfuscate : present tense I/you/we/they obfuscate he/she/it obfuscates present participle obfuscating past tense obfuscated past participle obfuscated formal to deliberately make… …
13obfuscate — obfuscation, n. obfuscatory /ob fus keuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /ob feuh skayt , ob fus kayt/, v.t., obfuscated, obfuscating. 1. to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy. 2. to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information …
14obfuscate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. darken, obscure; bewilder. See darkness, unintelligibility. Ant., clarify, enlighten. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. obscure, muddle, confuse; see muddle 1 , confuse . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …
15obfuscate — verb 1) mere rationalizations to obfuscate rather than clarify the real issue Syn: obscure, confuse, make unclear, blur, muddle, complicate, muddy, cloud, befog Ant: clarify 2) her work became more and more obfuscated by mathematics and jargon …
16obfuscate — /ˈɒbfəskeɪt / (say obfuhskayt) verb (t) (obfuscated, obfuscating) 1. to confuse or stupefy. 2. to darken or obscure: *But the whole object is to obfuscate the real purpose. –christina stead, 1944. {Late Latin obfuscātus, past participle}… …
17obfuscate — Synonyms and related words: adumbrate, becloud, bedarken, bedim, befog, begloom, black, black out, blacken, blanket, blind, block the light, blot out, blur, brown, camouflage, cast a shadow, cloak, cloud, cloud over, complicate, conceal, confuse …
18obfuscate — ob|fus|cate [ˈɔbfəskeıt US ˈa:b ] v [T] formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of obfuscare, from Latin fuscus dark brown ] to deliberately make something unclear or difficult to understand >obfuscation [ˌɔbfəˈskeıʃən …
19obfuscate — ob|fus|cate [ abfə,skeıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to deliberately make something confusing or difficult to understand ╾ ob|fus|ca|tion [ ,abfə skeıʃn ] noun uncount …
20obfuscate — see DUSK …
