obscurity
nounHow many syllables in obscurity?
There are 4 syllables in the word obscurity.How to pronounce obscurity:
Definition of obscurity:
- obscurity (noun):
- one that is obscure
- the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand.
- the possibility of interpreting an expression in more than one way
Synonyms for obscurity:
abstruseness
ambiguity
ambiguousness
complexity
darkness
equivocation
incomprehensibility
inconsequence
inconspicuousness
ingloriousness
inscrutability
insignificance
lowliness
murkiness
mysteriousness
mystery
namelessness
nebulosity
nebulousness
non-recognition
obliqueness
obliquity
oblivion
obscureness
opacity
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Antonyms for obscurity:
apprehensibility
articulateness
blatancy
brightness
certainty
clarity
clearness
coherence
comprehensibility
conceivability
conceivableness
conspicuousness
day
daybreak
decipherability
definiteness
definition
directness
discernibility
exactness
explicability
explicitness
flagrancy
intelligibility
intelligibleness
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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- petitioner
- pre-classical
- undulation
- euphemistic
- picofarad
- aggravation
- justifying
- overpowered
- nominator
- repositioned
- lusciously
- vigilantly
- unremitting
- deligation
- vicegerent
- unpredicted
- correctable
- decilitre
- banality
- videotape
- malodorous
- arenaceous
- reprimanded
- embezzler
- witticism
- vermillion
- popularise
- demarkation
- paraplegic
- habituate
- extravagance
- attributed
- ingratiating
- foreseeable
- convincingly
- fruitarians
- disfranchisement
- uneasily
- impersonate
- effervescence
- reposition
- hypothesize
- consternation
- hectometer
- disappointing
- advertises
- circumstantial
- indiscipline
- dilettante
- superficial
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Syllable Fun Fact
In English, certain prefixes and suffixes, when added to a base word, can change its syllable count, as with 'happy' (2 syllables) becoming 'unhappiness' (4 syllables).
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