Obfuscate

Definition: Obfuscate

Obfuscate

Verb

1. Make obscure or unclear.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "obfuscate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Crosswords: Obfuscate

Albanian

turbulloj (abash, addle, alarm, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, disquiet, embarrass, fog, muddy, obscure, perturb, rile, roil, trouble, unhinge, unsettle), errësoj (adumbrate, becloud, bedim, black out, blur, darken, dim, dusk, eclipse, fog, obscure, overshadow, shadow). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قتم (shade), ‏عتم (blackout, cloud, darken, dip, dull, obscure, overcast, overshadow), ‏أربك (baffle, bamboozle, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, bother, buffalo, confound, confuse, demoralize, discompose, disconcert, disorientate, embarrass, embrangle, entangle, floor, fluster, fox, fret, fuddle, gravel, molest, muckrake, mystify, nonplus, overwhelm, perplex, pose, put out, puzzle, ravel, show up, squirm, stop, stumble, stump, vex), ‏شوش (bedevil, befuddle, blanket, confuse, demoralize, derange, disarrange, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, dizzy, embroil, fog, fuddle, garble, gum up, hamper, jam, jumble, mire, mix up, muddle, muddy, obscure, outface, parasite, perplex, perturb, rattle, ravel, scramble, smudge, unhinge, unsettle). (various references)

Bulgarian 

смущавам (become confused, confound, confuse, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disturb, flurry, gravel, incommode, muddle, mystify, perplex, perturb, put off, put out, rattle, ruffle, throw out, unbalance, violate, wake, wilder), размътвам ум, размътвам (addle, mud, muddle, muddy, puddle, stir), обърквам (abash, addle, baffle, bedevil, befuddle, bewilder, complicate, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, disjoint, dislocate, distract, embarrass, embroil, flatten, flummox, fluster, foil, fuddle, gravel, jumble, maze, mess about, mess around, mess up, muddle, muff, muss, nonplus, overwhelm, perplex, pose, put off, put out, puzzle, sew up, snarl, stonker, throw out, tumble, vex, wilder), пораждам недоумение, помрачавам ум, помрачавам (alloy, bedim, cloud, darken, dim, dull, dusk, eclipse, nip, obscure, overshadow, shade, shadow, trouble). (various references)

Chinese 

弄暗淡 (Obfuscated, Obfuscating). (various references)

Czech

zmást (baffle, bewilder, confound, confuse, disconcert, maze, mix up, nonplus, non-plus, perplex, puzzle, stick up, stump, stupefy), zatemnit (black out, darken, darkle, dim out, obscure, overcloud), poplést (become confused, confuse, darken, embarrass, jumble, maze, perplex, puzzle). (various references)

French

obscurcir (obscure), dérouter, brouiller. (various references)

German

verworren machen (obscure), verwirren (befog, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, dazzle, disarrange, disorient, entangle, fluster, fuddle, jumble, muddle, muddle up, mystify, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, Ravel, ruffle, ruffle up, tangle, tangle up, to confuse, to derange, to disarrange, to discombobulate, to disconcert, to dishevel, to disorient, to distract, to embarrass, to fluster, tousle, unsettle), vernebeln (befog, cover by a smoke screen, cover up with a smoke screen, fug up, obscure), unklar machen, trüben (blur, cloud, dampen, darken, dim, dull, embitter, Mar, overcast, ruffle, spoil, tarnish). (various references)

Greek 

συσκοτίζω (becloud, black out). (various references)

Hebrew 

לערפל (fog, haze, obscure), להאפיל (blackout, darken, eclipse, obscure, overshadow, shade). (various references)

Hungarian

elsötétít (darken, eclipse, overcast, to darken, to eclipse, to overcast), összezavar (befuddle, disarrange, disarray, disorder, embroil, entangle, mess, mess about, mess up, mix up, muddle, perturb, to addle, to baffle, to ball up, to confound, to confuse, to darken, to disarray, to dislocate, to disorder, to elf, to ensnarl, to entangle, to foul up, to involve, to mess up, to mix up, to muddle up, to muss, to obfuscate, to perturb, to play the devil with sg, to play the very devil with sg, to scramble, to snarl, to unsettle). (various references)

Italian

offuscare (become obscured, cloud, darken, dim, get dark, grow dark, grow dim, obscure, overshadow, shade, tarnish), confondere (abash, addle, baffle, beat, become confuse, bemuse, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, embarrass, foil, garble, get mixed up, jumble, merge, mistake, mix, mix up, muddle, mystify, puzzle, stump). (various references)

Pig Latin

obfuscateay

Portuguese

ofuscar (bedazzle, bedim, blear, blur, daze, dazzle, dim, outshine, overshoe, sadden). (various references)

Romanian

umbri (adumbrate, blur, cloud, darken, dim, eclipse, screen, shade, worsen), eclipsa (blind, disappear, eclipse, efface, extinguish, outshine, overshadow, surpass, vanish), acoperi (adorn, bedeck, cap, cloak, conceal, cover, deck, defilade, defray, disguise, Harbor, harbour, hide, hood, mantle, overgrow, overlap, overlay, overspread, paint, pepper, protect, roof, sheathe, shelter, sow, span, straw, suffuse, top, varnish, veil), întuneca (bedim, cloud, darken, dim, gloom, muddy, obscure, overcloud, overshadow, sadden, tarnish). (various references)

Russian 

затемнять (adumbrate, becloud, bedim, black out, blind, darken, dim, dim out, eclipse, obscure, overcast, overshadow). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ošamutiti (besot, daze, stun, stupefy), zamračiti (becloud, black out, cloud, darken, obscure), pomutiti (blur, overcloud). (various references)

Spanish

ofuscar (daze, dim, fog). (various references)

Swedish

göra förvirrad (disorder), förmörka (cloud, darken, eclipse, gloom, obscure, occult, overcast), fördunkla (cloud, darken, dim, eclipse, obscure). (various references)

Thai

้ยุ่งเหยิงิ, ทำให้สับสน (blind, box up, maze, mix up, muddle about / around), ทำให้ยุ่งเหยิง (clutter, hash, muddle, ravel, tangle), ทำให้มืด. (various references)

Turkish

karartmak (becloud, bedim, befog, black, blacken, blackout, cloud, darken, dim, dim out, fade, fade out, fog, lour, lower, obscure, shadow), kafasını karıştırmak (bedevil, befog, bemuse, confound, confuse, derange, disorient, mix up, perturb, puzzle), şaşırtmak (addle, amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, bamboozle, bedevil, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, bowl over, confound, confuse, daze, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dislocate, disorient, disorientate, distract, embarrass, embrangle, flabbergast, floor, flummox, fuddle, give smb. a tumble, gravel, intrigue, jolt, knock back, mislead, moither, mystify, nonplus, perplex, put smb. out of countenance, puzzle, rattle, shock, startle, stick, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback, wow), allak bullak etmek (convulse). (various references)

Ukranian 

затьмарювати (alloy, begloom, blear, cloud, darken, eclipse, obscure, outdazzle, overcast, overcloud, overshade, overshadow, overtop, shade, shadow, shine down), затуманювати розум, затінювати (deface, dim, obscure), затемнювати (adumbrate, bedarken, bedim, blind, darken, deface, dim out, obscure, obumbrate, overshadow), забивати баки, запаморочувати, збивати з пантелику (cheat, distract, maze, wander). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "obfuscate": obfuscated, obfuscates. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Obfuscate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bouscade, obfascate, obfiscate, obfucate, obfusacte, obfusecate, obfusgate, obfusicate, obsfucate, obuscate, obvuscate, ofuscate, osfuscate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: outfaces.

-2 letters: acetous, coteaus, faucets, outface.

-3 letters: acutes, beauts, buteos, costae, coteau, cuesta, facets, fauces, faucet, foetus, fucose, obtuse, sacbut.

-4 letters: abets, about, abuse, abuts, acute, ascot, autos, baste, bates, beast, beats, beaus, beaut, besot, betas, boast, boats, botas, bouse, bouts, buteo, butes, cafes, caste, cates, cause, cesta, coast, coats, coset, costa, cotes, cubes.

+1 letter: obfuscated, obfuscates.

+3 letters: confabulates.

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