/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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Modern Language Association (MLA Style)
“Obfuscate.” The Effin’ Word, The Effin’ Word, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/obfuscate. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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The Effin’ Word, s.v. “obfuscate”, accessed December 14, 2025, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/obfuscate.
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The Effin’ Word. (n.d.). Obfuscate. In The Effin’ Word. Retrieved December 14, 2025, from https://effinwords.com/dictionary/obfuscate