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- Dictionaryobfuscate/ˈɒbfʌskeɪt/
verb
- 1. make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible: "the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of OBFUSCATE is to throw into shadow : darken. How to use obfuscate in a sentence. Try to Understand the Roots of Obfuscate.
OBFUSCATE definition: 1. to make something less clear and harder to understand, especially intentionally: 2. to put…. Learn more.
Obfuscate definition: to make unclear or hard to understand, especially deliberately. See examples of OBFUSCATE used in a sentence.
OBFUSCATE meaning: 1. to make something less clear and harder to understand, especially intentionally: 2. to put…. Learn more.
Although the verb obfuscate can be used in any case where something is darkened, less clear, or more obscure, it is most frequently used in reference to things like ideas, facts, issues, or the truth. The usual implied meaning is that this obfuscation is done deliberately.
Definition of obfuscate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand: "A great effort was made ... to obscure or obfuscate the truth" (Robert Conquest). 2. To render indistinct or dim; darken: The fog obfuscated the shore. [Latin obfuscāre, obfuscāt-, to darken : ob-, over; see ob- + fuscāre, to darken (from fuscus, dark ).]
