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Meaning of obnubilated | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1
/ɒbˈnjuːbɪleɪtɪd/

Definitions

Obscured; dimmed or hidden with or as if with a cloud.

figuratively, literally, not-comparable

Equivalents

Português obnubilado

Examples

“James…found his mind, perhaps, in that obnubilated state, which we generally experience when told any thing very much out of the common way, or of which we cannot well make the different facts tally.”
“Pipkin […] might possibly be acquainted with him, and so accost him by name; and it might turn out, if the undiscovered were but a bit of an egoist, he would indulge in some narration of “himself and times,” whereby his obnubilated patronymic might transpire to the fullest content.”
“Do not despair, Mr. Graves. Some day the clouds will roll away, and the sun, so long obnubilated, burst forth, for you, Mr. Graves, at last.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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