obscure

/əbˈskjʊr/

意味: 見えにくくする、不明にする

例文: Haruki tried to obscure the truth again.
　　  ハルキはまた真実を隠そうとした。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: obscure fact(不明な事実), obscure meaning(曖昧な意味), obscure reference(不明な参照)

定義: はっきりしない、わかりにくい、または知られていないことを指します。何かが「obscure」であると、それは多くの人に理解されていないか、見つけにくいことを意味します。たとえば、情報が少ない、または複雑であるために理解が難しい場合に使われます。

obscureは約100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: make less visible or unclear
Verb: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred
Verb: make obscure or unclear
Verb: reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa
Verb: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
Adjective: not clearly understood or expressed; ; -Anatole Broyard; – P.A.Sorokin; – John Locke
Adjective: marked by difficulty of style or expression
Adjective: difficult to find
Adjective: not famous or acclaimed
Adjective: not drawing attention
Adjective: remote and separate physically or socially; ; – W.H.Hudson

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The meaning of the poem is obscure to many readers.(その詩の意味は多くの読者にとって不明瞭だ。)
He chose an obscure path through the forest.(彼は森の中の人目につかない道を選んだ。)
Her explanation was obscure and hard to understand.(彼女の説明は曖昧で理解しにくかった。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: The stars are obscured by the clouds
Verb: the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley
Verb: Her remarks confused the debate
Verb: Their words obnubilate their intentions
Verb: The distinction was obscured
Verb: a hidden message
Verb: a veiled threat
Adjective: an obscure turn of phrase
Adjective: an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit
Adjective: their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear
Adjective: vague…forms of speech…have so long passed for mysteries of science
Adjective: much that was dark is now quite clear to me
Adjective: those who do not appreciate Kafka’s work say his style is obscure
Adjective: hidden valleys
Adjective: a hidden cave
Adjective: an obscure retreat
Adjective: an obscure family
Adjective: unsung heroes of the war
Adjective: an unnoticeable cigarette burn on the carpet
Adjective: an obscure flaw
Adjective: existed over the centuries as a world apart
Adjective: preserved because they inhabited a place apart
Adjective: tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization
Adjective: an obscure village

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): apart, becloud, bedim, befog, blot out, blur, cloud, confuse, dark, fog, haze over, hidden, hide, isolated, mist, obliterate, obnubilate, obscure, overcloud, unknown, unnoticeable, unsung, vague, veil

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, hide, reduce

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, bosom, break, break down, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, bury, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, condense, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, cover, crack, cry, customize, damage, darken, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disguise, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, extend, exteriorize, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, freeze, frenchify, full, gelatinize, glamorize, glorify, habituate, harbor, harmonize, harshen, heat, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamize, isomerize, laicize, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, lurk, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mechanize, militarize, mince, mix, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, obstruct, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purify, put, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relax, remodel, restore, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, secrete, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweep under the rug, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, veil, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, warm, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): muddy, mystify, overshadow

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: darkness, fog, hiding, obliterable, obscureness, obscurity, unnoticeableness, vagueness

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: law

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書):

Movies(映画): The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: