OBNUBILATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does obnubilate mean? 

• OBNUBILATE (verb)
  The verb OBNUBILATE has 2 senses:

1. make less visible or unclear

2. make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

  Familiarity information: OBNUBILATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OBNUBILATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they obnubilate    ... he / she / it obnubilates   
Past simple: obnubilated   
Past participle: obnubilated   
-ing form: obnubilating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make less visible or unclear

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

becloud; befog; cloud; fog; haze over; mist; obnubilate; obscure

Context example:

the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley

Hypernyms (to "obnubilate" is one way to...):

conceal; hide (prevent from being seen or discovered)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "obnubilate"):

overshadow (cast a shadow upon)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

blur; confuse; obnubilate; obscure

Context example:

Their words obnubilate their intentions

Hypernyms (to "obnubilate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

confound; confuse (mistake one thing for another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "obnubilate"):

muddy (cause to become muddy)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something