obfuscate

Meanings

Verb

• To make dark; overshadow
• To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
• To alter code while preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.

Adjective

• Obfuscated; darkened; obscured.

Related

Similar words

• darken, eclipse, overshadow
• confuse, muddle, obscure

Opposite words

• explain, simplify

Origin

• From the participle stem of Late Latin obfuscāre, from Latin ob- + fuscāre, present active infinitive of fuscō.