obfuscating

Meaning of obfuscating

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
    the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins

late Middle English: from late Latin obfuscat- ‘darkened’, from the verb obfuscare, based on Latin fuscus ‘dark’.

Information about obfuscating

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of obfuscating

ob-fus-cat-ing

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
  • obfuscating is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

obfuscating synonyms

Meaning make unclear and difficult to understand:

obscure

Meaning make (someone) bewildered or perplexed:

confuse

Meaning make or become unclear or less distinct:

blur

Meaning bring into a disordered or confusing state:

muddle

Meaning mix up in a confused or untidy way:

jumble

Meaning make (something) more complicated:

complicate

Meaning reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way:

garble

Meaning make (something) hard or harder to understand:

muddy

Meaning (of the sky) become overcast or gloomy:

cloud

Meaning make confused:

befog

obfuscating antonyms

Meaning make (a statement or situation) less confused and more comprehensible:

clarify

Words that rhyme with obfuscating

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