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obfuscatory

obfuscatory adjective: tending to obfuscate; intended to conceal the truth by confusion.

Adjective

obfuscatory (comparative more obfuscatory, superlative most obfuscatory)

  1. Tending to obfuscate; intended to conceal the truth by confusion.
    • I can't vote for a resolution with such obfuscatory language.

Forms of obfuscatory

comparativemore obfuscatory
superlativemost obfuscatory

Origin of obfuscatory

From obfuscate + -ory.

Words formed from obfuscatory

Questions about obfuscatory

What does obfuscatory mean?
Obfuscatory means tending to obfuscate; intended to conceal the truth by confusion.
What part of speech is obfuscatory?
Obfuscatory is an adjective.

Words near obfuscatory in the dictionary

  1. obfuscational
  2. obfuscations
  3. obfuscator
  4. obfuscatorily
  5. obfuscators
  6. obfuscatory
  7. obfuscity
  8. obfuscous
  9. obfusticate
  10. obfusticated
  11. obfusticates

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