About The Word Opaque

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Opaque

Opaque Meaning & Definition
Opaque Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Opaque?

[adj] not clear; not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays"
[adj] not clearly understood or expressed

Synonyms | Synonyms for Opaque: cloudy | fogged | foggy | frosted | glaucous | incomprehensible | milk(a) | milklike | milky | mirky | muddy | murky | solid | turbid | uncomprehensible | unintelligible | whitish

Related Terms | Find terms related to Opaque: abstruse | adiaphanous | ambiguous | amorphous | amphibological | arcane | asinine | backward | baffling | becloud | beef-brained | beef-witted | black | blind | blockish | blurred | blurry | Boeotian | bovine | chumpish | clear as mud | cloddish | cloud | clouded | cloudy | cowish | crass | cryptic | dark | darken | dense | dim | doltish | dull | dullard | dull-witted | dumb | duncical | duncish | dunderheaded | elusive | enigmatic | equivocal | fat | foggy | fuzzy | gross | grumly | hazy | impenetrable | impermeable | impervious to light | indefinite | indeterminate | indistinct | ineducable | intransparent | klutzy | lumpish | misty | muddy | murky | mysterious | mystifying | nebulous | nubilous | oafish | obfuscated | obscure | obscured | obtuse | perplexing | puzzling | recondite | roiled | roily | shadowy | shapeless | slow | smoky | sottish | stolid | stupid | tenebrous | thick | thickheaded | transcendent | turbid | uncertain | unclear | unfathomable | unintelligent | unintelligible | unplain | unteachable | vague | wrongheaded

See Also | unclear

Opaque In Webster's Dictionary

\O*paque"\, a. [F., fr. L. opacus. Cf. {Opacous}.] 1. Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance. 2. Obscure; not clear; unintelligible. [Colloq.]
\O*paque"\, n. That which is opaque; opacity. --Young.

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