/ˈɒb fəˌskeɪt/

verb

1 to obscure. 2 to confuse. 3 to bewilder. 4 to becloud. 5 to darken.

When Joey confronted his wife about receipts he found suggesting that she had not, as she’d been telling him, visiting her ailing parents on weekends, she tried to obfuscate. But nothing she said could change the truth, no matter how firmly she denied it. She was fucking another guy.

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“Obfuscate.” The Effin’ Word, The Effin’ Word, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/obfuscate. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

The Effin’ Word, s.v. “obfuscate”, accessed January 15, 2025, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/obfuscate.

The Effin’ Word. (n.d.). Obfuscate. In The Effin’ Word. Retrieved January 15, 2025, from https://effinwords.com/dictionary/obfuscate

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