obfuscate

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make dark; to overshadow.

   The squid's ink obfuscated its presence.

2. verb To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.

   obfuscate facts

3. verb To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.

   We need to obfuscate these classes before we ship the final release.

4. adjective Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

Similar words

overshadow darken obscure confuse confound offuscate adumbrate opacate obumber obscurify

Often followed by

the and rather their or a his it this

Word family

obfuscated obfuscates obfuscating obfuscation obfuscations obfuscatory