- The comedy nightclub was filled with obscure comedians who stole one another’s jokes
and seldom got any laughs. - The artist was so obscure that even his parents had trouble remembering his name.
- The noted scholar’s dissertation was terribly obscure; it had to be translated into
layman’s terms before anyone could make heads or tails of it. - Some contemporary poets apparently believe that the only way to be great is to be
obscure. - The details of the forest grew obscure as night fell.
The state of being obscure in any of its senses is called obscurity.
ominous (AHM uh nus) adj threatening; menacing; portending doom
Mnemonics:- “OH, MINUS! Something OMINOUS is about to happen.”
- OMINOUS sounds like MENACE.