obfuscateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈɒb.fʌs.keɪt/us/ˈɑːb.fə.skeɪt/formalto make something less clear and harder to understand, especially intentionally:
She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue.
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Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- beat
- discursive
- elliptical
- evasive
- go (all) round the houses idiom
- go off on a tangent idiom
- implicit
- meander
- move off sth/on (to sth)
- obliquely
- parry
- sanitize
- sidestep
- skirt
- stray
- suggestion
- talk around sth
- tangent
- tiptoe
- tiptoe around sth/sb
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obfuscation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɒb.fʌsˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɑːb.fəˈskeɪ.ʃən/
They accused the White House of obstruction and obfuscation.