Word Meanings - OBSCURATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse. Sir J. Herschel.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of OBSCURATION)

• Eclipse
• Failure
• obscuration
• overshadowing
• shading
• diminution
• outshining
• outdoing
• outrivalling
• Gloom
• Gloaming
• twilight
• obscurity
• shadow
• dullness
• cloudiness
• cloud
• dejection
• sadness

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of OBSCURATION)

• Recommend
• brighten
• illustrate
• enhance
• heighten

Related words: (words related to OBSCURATION)

• DEJECTION
  1. A casting down; depression. Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides,
• DULLNESS
  The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. Pope.
• SHADOWY
  1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." Fenton. This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. Shak. 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow. 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon
• CLOUDINESS
  The state of being cloudy.
• GLOOMY
  1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." Milton. 2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper
• SHADELESS
  Being without shade; not shaded.
• SHADEFUL
  Full of shade; shady.
• CLOUDLAND
  Dreamland.
• SHADING
  1. Act or process of making a shade. 2. That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.
• CLOUD-BURST
  A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.
• ENHANCEMENT
  The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
• SHADD
  Rounded stones containing tin ore, lying at the surface of the ground, and indicating a vein. Raymond.
• OVERSHADOW
  1. To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure. There was a cloud that overshadowed them. Mark ix. 7. 2. Fig.: To cover with a superior influence. Milton.
• SHADOOF
  A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.
• SHADOWINESS
  The quality or state of being shadowy.
• CLOUDBERRY
  A species of raspberry growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.
• SHADY
  1. Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade. The shady trees cover him with their shadow. Job. xl. 22. And Amaryllis fills the shady groves. Dryden. 2. Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat. Cast it also that
• RECOMMENDATORY
  Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift.
• RECOMMENDER
  One who recommends.
• SHADILY
  In a shady manner.
• FORESHADOW
  To shadow or typi Dryden.
• CLOUD
  arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks 1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, susponded in the upper atmosphere. I do set my bow in the cloud. Gen. ix. 13. Note: A classification of clouds according
• DOUBLE-SHADE
  To double the natural darkness of . Milton.
• OVERSHADE
  To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow. Shak.
• DISSHADOW
  To free from shadow or shade. G. Fletcher.
• UNCLOUD
  To free from clouds; to unvail; to clear from obscurity, gloom, sorrow, or the like. Beau. & Fl.