English-Thai Dictionary

obfuscate

VI ยุ่งเหยิง  ยุ่งยาก  muddle tangle disentangle unravel yung-yoeng

 

obfuscate

VT ทำให้ มืด  darken obscure brighten tam-hai-mued

 

obfuscate

VT ทำให้ ยุ่งเหยิง  ทำให้ ยุ่งยาก  muddle mess untangle unravel tam-hai-yung-yueg

 

obfuscate

VT ทำให้ สับสน  perplex confuse clarify tam-hai-sab-son

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OBFUSCATE

v.t.[L. ob and fusco, to obscure. ] To darken; to obscure.

 

OBFUSCATED

pp. Darkened in color.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OBFUSCATE

Ob *fus "cate, a. Etym: [L. obfuscatus, p.p. of obfuscare to darken; ob (see Ob- ) + fuscare, fuscatum, to darken, from fuscus dark. ]

 

Defn: Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [Obs. ] [Written also offuscate.] Sir. T. Elyot.

 

OBFUSCATE

Ob *fus "cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obfuscated; p. pr. & vb. n.Obfuscating.]

 

Defn: To darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence, to confuse; to bewilder. His head, like a smokejack, the funnel unswept, and the ideas whirling round and round about in it, all obfuscated and darkened over with fuliginous matter. Sterne. Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the intellects of meaner females. Sir. W. Scott.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

obfuscate

ob fus cate |ˈäbfəˌskāt ˈɑbfəˌskeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible: the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins. • bewilder (someone ): it is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them. DERIVATIVES ob fus ca tion |ˌäbfəˈskāSHən |noun, ob fus ca to ry |äbˈfəskəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin obfuscat- ‘darkened, ’ from the verb obfuscare, based on Latin fuscus ‘dark. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

obfuscate

obfuscate |ˈɒbfʌskeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible: the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins. • bewilder (someone ): the new rule is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them. DERIVATIVES obfuscation |-ˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, obfuscatory adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin obfuscat- ‘darkened ’, from the verb obfuscare, based on Latin fuscus ‘dark ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

obfuscate

obfuscate verb 1 mere rationalizations to obfuscate rather than clarify the real issue: obscure, confuse, make unclear, blur, muddle, complicate, muddy, cloud, befog. ANTONYMS clarify. 2 her work became more and more obfuscated by mathematics and jargon: bewilder, mystify, puzzle, perplex, confuse, baffle, confound, bemuse, befuddle, nonplus; informal flummox.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

obfuscate

obfuscate verb 1 the debate all too often obfuscates the issue: obscure, confuse, make obscure /unclear, blur, muddle, jumble, complicate, garble, muddy, cloud, befog; muddy the waters. ANTONYMS clarify. 2 it is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them: bewilder, mystify, puzzle, perplex, baffle, confound, bemuse, befuddle, nonplus; informal flummox; archaic wilder, maze, gravel.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

obfuscate

ob fus cate /ɑ́bfʌskèɪt, --́- |ɔ́b -/動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠(ごまかすために )…を難解にする, うやむやにする, 煙 （けむ ）に巻く .ò b fus c á tion 名詞 U ごまかし .