Opaqueness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning

the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/oʊpˈeɪknəs/

🇬🇧British English

/əʊpˈeɪknəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/əʊpˈeɪknəs/

4 syllables Say it as /oʊpˈeɪknəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

opacity

Antonyms

clarity

Word Forms

opaque

adjective

not clearly understood or expressed

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Undurchsichtigkeit

Unverständlichkeit, die aus der Unklarheit der Bedeutung resultiert

🇫🇷French

opacité

incompréhensibilité résultant de l'obscurité du sens

🇪🇸Spanish

opacidad

incomprensibilidad resultante de la oscuridad del significado

🇮🇹Italian

opacità

incomprensibilità derivante dall’oscurità del significato

🇳🇱Dutch

ondoorzichtigheid

onbegrijpelijkheid als gevolg van onduidelijkheid van de betekenis

🇵🇹Portuguese

opacidade

incompreensibilidade resultante da obscuridade do significado

🇷🇺Russian

непрозрачность

непонятность, возникающая из-за неясности смысла

India

🇮🇳Hindi

धुँधलापन

अर्थ की अस्पष्टता से उत्पन्न अबोधगम्यता

🇧🇩Bengali

অস্বচ্ছতা

অর্থের অস্পষ্টতার ফলে বোধগম্যতা

🇮🇳Tamil

ஒளிபுகாநிலை

பொருள் தெளிவின்மையால் ஏற்படும் புரிந்துகொள்ள முடியாத தன்மை

🇮🇳Telugu

అపారదర్శకత

అర్థం యొక్క అస్పష్టత ఫలితంగా ఏర్పడే అపారమయినది

🇮🇳Marathi

अपारदर्शकता

अर्थाच्या अस्पष्टतेमुळे उद्भवणारी अगम्यता

🇮🇳Gujarati

અપારદર્શકતા

અર્થની અસ્પષ્ટતાના પરિણામે અગમ્યતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಪಾರದರ್ಶಕತೆ

ಅರ್ಥದ ಅಸ್ಪಷ್ಟತೆಯಿಂದ ಉಂಟಾಗುವ ಅಗ್ರಾಹ್ಯತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അതാര്യത

അർത്ഥത്തിൻ്റെ അവ്യക്തത മൂലമുണ്ടാകുന്ന അഗ്രാഹ്യത

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਧੁੰਦਲਾਪਨ

ਅਰਥ ਦੀ ਅਸਪੱਸ਼ਟਤਾ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਸਮਝਦਾਰੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

مبہم پن

مفہوم کے مبہم ہونے کے نتیجے میں ناقابل فہمی۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不透明性

由于含义模糊而导致的不可理解

🇯🇵Japanese

不透明度

意味の曖昧さから生じる理解不能さ

🇰🇷Korean

불투명함

의미의 모호함으로 인한 이해 불가

🇻🇳Vietnamese

độ mờ đục

sự khó hiểu do sự mơ hồ về ý nghĩa

🇹🇭Thai

ความทึบแสง

ความไม่เข้าใจอันเป็นผลจากความไม่ชัดเจนของความหมาย

🇮🇩Indonesian

kekaburan

ketidakjelasan akibat ketidakjelasan makna

🇲🇾Malay

kelegapan

ketidakfahaman akibat daripada kekaburan makna

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التعتيم

- عدم الفهم الناتج عن غموض المعنى

🇮🇷Persian

کدورت

نامفهومی ناشی از ابهام معنا

🇹🇷Turkish

donukluk

anlam bulanıklığından kaynaklanan anlaşılmazlık

🇮🇱Hebrew

עֲמִימוּת

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