obnubilate

• Veralteter, gehobener oder bildungssprachlicher Ausdruck dafür, etwas zu verdunkeln, zu trüben oder zu vernebeln, sowohl im wörtlichen als auch im übertragenen Sinn, etwa den Verstand oder die Wahrnehmung.

An obsolete verb meaning to darken, obscure, or cloud over, either literally or figuratively.

1. Make less visible or unclearC2formal

   To obscure or cloud something, making it difficult to see or perceive clearly.

   Verdunkeln

   • The fog obnubilated the distant mountains.
   • His judgment was obnubilated by anger.
   • The details of the contract were obnubilated by legal jargon.

   Synonymebecloudbefogblurclouddimmurkobscureshadeveil

   Antonymeclarifyexplainexposeilluminatereveal

2. Make unclear, indistinct, or blurredC2formal

   To cause something to become vague, confused, or difficult to understand.

   Verdunkeln

   • The complex explanation only served to obnubilate the issue further.
   • Time had obnubilated his memories of the event.
   • The author's use of metaphor obnubilates the central theme of the novel.

   Synonymebecloudbefogblurcloudconfusedimmuddleobfuscateobscure

   Antonymeclarifydefineelucidateexplainilluminate