Obfuscate

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  • transitive verb. To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand.
  • transitive verb. To render indistinct or dim; darken.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To darken; obscure; becloud; confuse; bewilder; muddle.
  • Darkened; clouded; obscured; muddled.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.
  • transitive verb. To darken; to obscure; to becloud.
  • transitive verb. To confuse; to bewilder; to make unclear.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make dark; overshadow
  • verb. To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
  • verb. To alter code while preserving its behavior but conceal its structure and intent.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make obscure or unclear
  • Word Usage
    "However, let's distract and obfuscate from the glaring flaws of the current administration and revel in the hate for an administration that is no longer in office."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    alter  change  modify  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    offuscate  
    verb-form