Confusing
Obscure
Obscure adjective - Having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning.
Usage example: a fantasy writer who likes to put lots of obscure references and images in her tales of wizards and warlocks
Confusing is a synonym for obscure in abstruse topic. You can use "Confusing" instead an adjective "Obscure", if it concerns topics such as not easily understood.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- abstruse and confusing
- abstruse and obscure
- unfathomable and confusing
- unfathomable and obscure
- unclear and confusing
- unclear and obscure
- ambiguous and confusing
- ambiguous and obscure
- cryptic and confusing
- cryptic and obscure
- complicated and confusing
- complicated and obscure
- dark and confusing
- dark and obscure
Both words in one sentence
- Word Salad Title: The title does describe the story, but in a rather obscure and confusing way.
- Justified in that Quarian helmets obscure the face and as they wear them near-constantly it would make group conversations highly confusing.
Source: Talking Lightbulb - Doug Rattman is possibly the most confusing character of all when it comes to leitmotif, though he is almost immediately associated with is "Exile/Vilify" by National, an obscure song that can be found in the game, but only playing on a certain radio in a rat den of a specific level.
Source: Leitmotif / Video Games
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