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Obfuscation

The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened.

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Blackening 76% connected

of Blacken

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Confusedness 76% connected

A state of confusion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Confusion 76% connected

The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Darkening 76% connected

of Darken

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disarray 76% connected

To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Muddiness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Obfuscate 74% connected

Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Obfuscate 74% connected

Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Throw 74% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Throw 74% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Bafflement 92% connected

The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Bewilderment 92% connected

The state of being bewildered.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mystification 92% connected

The act of mystifying, or the state of being mystied; also, something designed to, or that does, mystify.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Puzzlement 92% connected

The state of being puzzled; perplexity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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