obscurity
[noun]
Synonyms:
- darkness, dimness, dusk, gloom, haze, shadows
- insignificance, lowliness, unimportance

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ob‧scu‧ri‧ty /əbˈskjʊərəti, əbˈskjʊərɪti $ -ˈskjʊr-/ noun (plural obscurities)

1. [uncountable] the state of not being known or remembered
fade/slide/sink etc into obscurity
The group produced two albums before disappearing into obscurity.
live/work/remain etc in obscurity
O'Brien died in obscurity.
from obscurity to something
She rose from obscurity to stardom.

2. [uncountable and countable] something that is difficult to understand, or the quality of being difficult to understand:
obscurities in the text

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

obscurity
noun
ADJ. total | comparative, relative | political, professional | impenetrable poems of impenetrable obscurity
VERB + OBSCURITY fade into, sink into, slip into | be plucked from, emerge from After many years, his scientific work emerged from obscurity.
be consigned to, be relegated to
PREP. in ~ He spent his early life in relative obscurity.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

obscurity

fade into obscurity (=to gradually be forgotten after being well-known)
The band faded into obscurity as the 1980s progressed.
slide/slip/sink into obscurity (=fade into obscurity)
Many scientific theories are never proved and slip into obscurity.
work/labour/toil in obscurity (=work without being well-known)
After years of working in obscurity, his paintings are now hanging in museums.
languish in obscurity (=to fail to become well-known or successful)
Until recently her talent has languished in obscurity.
rise/emerge from obscurity (=to become well-known after not being known at all)
Harris received coaching and rose from obscurity to stardom.
rescue somebody/something from obscurity (=to stop someone or something from being forgotten)
He was rescued from obscurity by Alder's brilliant biography in 1985.
be plucked from obscurity (=to take someone or something that is not known about and make them well-known)
The actress has been plucked from obscurity to become the new Bond girl.
be relegated/consigned to obscurity (=to be put in the position of being forgotten after being well-known )
Inevitably, many good players are relegated to obscurity.
relative/comparative obscurity (=not known about compared to other things that are better known)
He brought the team from relative obscurity to fame.
total obscurity
The competition has helped some aspiring writers to emerge from total obscurity.
professional/political obscurity (=not known about in your profession or in politics)
After his defeat, he sank into political obscurity.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲