obscureness n 1: the state of being humble and unimportant [syn: {humbleness}, {unimportance}, {obscureness}, {lowliness}] 2: the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination [syn: {obscurity}, {obscureness}] 3: the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand [syn: {obscureness}, {obscurity}, {abstruseness}, {reconditeness}] [ant: {clarity}, {clearness}, {limpidity}, {lucidity}, {lucidness}, {pellucidity}]
Obscureness \Ob*scure"ness\, n. Obscurity. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]