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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not easily understood |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, clear as mud, complicated, concealed, confusing, cryptic, dark, deep, dim, doubtful, enigmatic, enigmatical, esoteric, far-out, hazy, hidden, illegible, illogical, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, inexplicable, inscrutable, insoluble, intricate, involved, mysterious, occult, opaque, recondite, unaccountable, unbelievable, unclear, undefined, unfathomable, unintelligible, vague |
| Antonyms: | apparent, clear, explicit, obvious, perceptible, understood |
| Main Entry: | shady |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark, covered |
| Synonyms: | adumbral, bosky, chiaroscuro, cloudy, cool, dim, dusky, indistinct, leafy, out of the sun, screened, shaded, shadowed, shadowy, sheltered, umbrageous, umbrous, under a cloud, vague |
| Antonyms: | bright, light, open |
| Main Entry: | shapeless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | formless |
| Synonyms: | abnormal, amorphic, amorphous, anomalous, assymetrical, baggy, deformed, disfigured, embryonic, ill-formed, inchoate, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, invisible, irregular, malformed, misshapen, mutilated, nebulous, undeveloped, unformed, ungraceful, unmade, unshapely, unstructured, unsymmetrical, vague, without character, without form |
| Antonyms: | formed, proportioned, shapely, symmetrical |
| Main Entry: | silent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quiet; speechless |
| Synonyms: | bashful, buttoned up, checked, clammed up, close, closed up, closemouthed, curbed, dumb, dummied up, faint, hush, hushed, iced, inarticulate, incoherent, inconversable, indistinct, inhibited, laconic, mousy, mum, mute, muted, noiseless, nonvocal, not talkative, reserved, restrained, reticent, shy, silentious, soundless, still, struck dumb, taciturn, tongue-tied, unclear, uncommunicative, unheard, unsociable, unspeaking, voiceless, wordless, zipped |
| Antonyms: | clamorous, communicative, noisy, talkative |
| Main Entry: | subtle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nice, quiet, delicate |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, attenuated, deep, discriminating, ethereal, exquisite, faint, fine, finespun, hairline, hairsplitting, illusive, implied, inconspicuous, indirect, indistinct, inferred, ingenious, insinuated, mental, penetrating, profound, refined, slight, sophisticated, suggestive, tenuous, thin, understated |
| Antonyms: | hard, harsh, noisy, unsubtle |
| Main Entry: | thick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dense (referring to weather) |
| Synonyms: | cloudy, dull, foggy, heavy, impenetrable, indistinct, muddy, obscure, soupy, turbid |
| Antonyms: | clear |
| Main Entry: | uncertain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, changeable |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, ambivalent, chancy, conjectural, dubious, erratic, fitful, hanging by a thread, hazy, hesitant, iffy, incalculable, inconstant, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, insecure, irregular, irresolute, on thin ice, precarious, questionable, risky, speculative, touch and go, unclear, unconfirmed, undecided, undetermined, unfixed, unforeseeable, unpredictable, unreliable, unresolved, unsettled, unsure, up for grabs, up in the air, vacillating, vague, variable, wavering |
| Antonyms: | certain, clear, definite, determined, foreseeable, secure, sure, unchanging |
| Main Entry: | unintelligible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not understandable |
| Synonyms: | Greek, ambiguous, equivocal, fathomless, illegible, impenetrable, inarticulate, incognizable, incoherent, incomprehensible, indecipherable, indistinct, inexplicit, jumbled, meaningless, muddled, obscure, opaque, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, unexplicit, unfathomable, ungraspable, unknowable, unreadable, vague |
| Antonyms: | comprehensible, intelligible, meaningful, understandable |
| Main Entry: | vague |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not definite or clear |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, amorphous, amphibological, bewildering, bleary, blurred, cloudy, dark, dim, doubtful, dreamlike, dubious, enigmatic, equivocal, faint, fuzzy, generalized, hazy, ill-defined, impalpable, imprecise, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, inexplicable, lax, loose, misunderstood, muddy, nebulous, obscure, perplexing, problematic, puzzling, questionable, shadowy, superficial, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, undetermined, unexplicit, unintelligible, unknown, unsettled, unspecified, unsure |
| Antonyms: | certain, clear, definite, sure |
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