Synonyms for opaque
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : oh-peyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : oʊˈpeɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for opaque Other synonyms for the word opaque
- abstruse
- amphibological
- baffling
- concealed
- cryptic
- dark
- darkened
- difficult
- dim
- dusky
- enigmatic
- filmy
- foggy
- fuliginous
- imperceptive
- incomprehensible
- lusterless
- misty
- muddied
- murky
- nontranslucent
- nontransparent
- nubilous
- obfuscated
- obscure
- obtuse
- perplexing
- purblind
- shady
- smoky
- sooty
- tenebrous
- thick
- turbid
- uncertain
- unclear
- unfathomable
- unintelligible
- vague
Définition of opaque
Origin :- early 15c., opake, from Latin opacus "shaded, in the shade, shady, dark, darkened, obscure," of unknown origin. Spelling influenced after c.1650 by French opaque (c.1500), from the Latin. Figurative use from 1761. Related: Opaquely; opaqueness.
- adj clouded, muddy
- adj hard to understand
- Daylight was scarcely visible through the opaque window-panes.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Around us were opaque mountains of clouds with irradiated edges.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Some days—and these were the most distressing of all—an opaque veil of smoke enveloped Paris.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- But where is the opaque breath of the storm, where are the clouds?
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- The spores are broadly elliptic-fusiform, black, opaque, 107.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- It is not surprising that he seized upon Riccis opaque watercolors.
- Extract from : « John Baptist Jackson » by Jacob Kainen
- His idea is that there are dark, opaque bodies outside this solar system.
- Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
- They were shrouded in the fog which made the night heavy, opaque, and nauseous.
- Extract from : « The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. » by Guy de Maupassant
- Any opaque white paper will do, provided it is not too stiff.
- Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
- Was the form a human form, or was it an opaque bush of juniper?
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
Antonyms for opaque
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