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abstruse
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Difficult to comprehend or understand
Concealed or hidden in a secretive manner
Very complicated or detailed
Intended for, or likely to be understood by, only a small number of people
Based on abstract reasoning
Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive
Done or made with, or characterized by, care and precision
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Adjective
▲
Difficult to comprehend or understand
abstract
enigmatic
obscure
perplexing
puzzling
recondite
ambiguous
arcane
complex
confusing
esoteric
incomprehensible
unclear
unfathomable
cryptic
deep
difficult
mysterious
occult
opaque
rarefied
vague
complicated
hard
inscrutable
involved
impenetrable
profound
subtle
hazy
hermetic
hermetical
intricate
involute
involuted
Delphic
heavy
recherché
clear as mud
Greek to me
clear as dishwater
above your head
little known
over one's head
between the lines
inexplicable
mystic
mystifying
baffling
enigmatical
dark
equivocal
bewildering
nebulous
hidden
unintelligible
murky
elliptical
secret
cabalistic
double-edged
fuliginous
unaccountable
elliptic
uncanny
mystical
oracular
unknowable
wildering
uncertain
indefinite
hard to understand
cabbalistic
strange
concealed
secretive
oblique
paradoxical
sibylline
dubious
indistinct
beyond comprehension
indeterminate
indecipherable
insoluble
doubtful
debatable
sphinxlike
inexplicit
veiled
fathomless
as clear as mud
unexplainable
difficult to understand
incognizable
knotty
unexplained
unsolvable
covert
convoluted
beyond one
odd
peculiar
labyrinthine
weird
ungraspable
imprecise
indiscernible
inexact
arguable
unsettled
riddling
evasive
coded
clandestine
impossible to understand
questionable
elusive
undetermined
confounding
elaborate
open to debate
open to argument
open to question
thorny
tangled
ill-defined
mind-bending
undecipherable
orphic
acroamatic
bizarre
curious
obfuscated
insolvable
indescribable
weighty
serious
dense
tenebrous
inexplainable
incalculable
inconceivable
magical
ambivalent
tough
inaccessible
challenging
beyond understanding
misleading
inconclusive
technical
bamboozling
surprising
shadowy
apocryphal
Delphian
indistinguishable
unresolved
indecisive
undefined
clouded
confused
unknown
beyond one's grasp
intangible
hard to follow
tricky
mind-boggling
sophisticated
up in the air
vexing
rambling
detailed
fancy
entangled
troublesome
thought-provoking
cerebral
intellectual
anagogic
little-known
out-of-the-way
unrevealed
indirect
metaphysical
intense
inaudible
uncomprehensible
undefinable
hard to make out
shrouded
cloaked
mysterial
too deep
private
polysemous
polysemic
polysemantic
inner
blurred
two-edged
erudite
teasing
stickling
stumping
highbrow
multivocal
uninterpretable
unconfirmed
cryptical
unimaginable
illegible
incredible
illogical
reticent
discreet
far-out
bemusing
beyond you
disconcerting
unestablished
undecided
unascertained
full of surprises
refined
unrelatable
Greek
furtive
not easily understood
unsure
gnomic
vacillating
surreptitious
indefinable
really hard
very hard
yet to be decided
beats me
all Greek to someone
too hard to understand
double Dutch
too difficult to understand
all Greek to you
worrying
inexpressible
nameless
speculative
unpredictable
unforeseeable
cloak-and-dagger
gray
US
grey
UK
unanalysable
UK
untold
iffy
problematical
hard to solve
byzantine
advanced
gnarly
hard to explain
fiddly
full of twists and turns
non-committal
dicey
dodgy
in doubt
in the balance
queer
astonishing
foggy
unusual
unparalleled
freakish
freak
extraordinary
amphibological
insensible
unanalyzable
US
unquantifiable
fugitive
rum
freaky
spooky
fluky
unwonted
uncommon
unheard-of
off the wall
roundabout
circuitous
circumlocutory
periphrastic
contradictory
mixed
muddled
unexplicit
devious
backhanded
deceptive
fuzzy
double
equivocating
prevaricating
muzzy
elusory
shifty
implied
funny
stonewalling
cagey
conflicting
sneaky
tortuous
neither fish nor fowl
neither one thing nor the other
improbable
absurd
impossible
dual
sketchy
unspecific
twofold
muddy
borderline
impressionistic
cloudy
suspicious
insubstantial
greasy
duplicitous
blurry
open
disreputable
unnatural
unsolved
stealthy
slippery
subjective
inconsistent
implicit
overlong
verbose
mazy
lengthy
inferred
cunning
shuffling
tacit
muddling
digressive
deceitful
dissembling
incoherent
sophistical
understood
off
discursive
inarticulate
blurring
unsettling
befuddling
disorienting
casuistic
false
noncommittal
casuistical
garbled
allusive
difficult to follow
fishy
muddlesome
mistakable
ulterior
obscured
ambagious
two-sided
good and bad
mumbled
senseless
circumlocutionary
Byzantine
meaningless
jumbled
sneaking
slurred
obliquitous
underhand
scrambled
long-winded
hinted at
all Greek to me
more ❯
“I am as befuddled as you are when I try to read that deliberately
abstruse
text.”
Adjective
▲
Concealed or hidden in a secretive manner
hidden
concealed
clandestine
secret
surreptitious
mysterious
cryptic
esoteric
recondite
arcane
occult
coded
covert
obscure
shadowy
mystical
mystic
deep
dark
black
mystifying
classified
encoded
cabbalistic
enciphered
vague
unknown
ulterior
unfathomable
unclear
subliminal
indistinct
inexplicable
indefinite
secreted
between the lines
veiled
enigmatic
shrouded
clouded
cloaked
inscrutable
impenetrable
secretive
incomprehensible
unrevealed
opaque
recherché
cloak-and-dagger
enigmatical
Delphic
nebulous
intricate
cabalistic
anagogic
knotty
complicated
more ❯
“Despite a suitably
abstruse
attempt to defend this procedure, it inevitably leads to unacceptable distortions of meaning.”
Adjective
▲
Very complicated or detailed
intricate
complicated
complex
convoluted
elaborate
involved
tangled
knotty
labyrinthine
difficult
sophisticated
fancy
baroque
entangled
circuitous
confused
daedal
detailed
hard
involute
obscure
raveled
US
ravelled
UK
serpentine
sinuous
twisted
winding
baffling
bewildering
byzantine
complicate
confusing
enigmatic
impenetrable
labyrinthian
ornate
perplexing
tortuous
Byzantine
cryptic
cumbersome
Daedalian
dense
fiddly
Gordian
heterogeneous
inscrutable
interlaced
involuted
jumbled
knotted
mixed
muddled
multifaceted
multifarious
nuanced
puzzling
recondite
rococo
thorny
tricky
undecipherable
unfathomable
variegated
Daedalean
maze-like
high-tech
mixed up
drawn-out
can of worms
long-drawn-out
hi-tech
difficult to understand
full of twists and turns
problematical
tough
unwieldy
problematic
troublesome
arduous
challenging
ticklish
bemusing
frustrating
trying
impossible
fiendish
layered
delicate
state-of-the-art
subtle
snarled
tangly
entwined
tousled
matted
unkempt
uncombed
coiled
ratty
intertwined
intertwisted
enmeshed
interwoven
mussed up
snarled up
disordered
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Intended for, or likely to be understood by, only a small number of people
profound
wise
deep
insightful
learned
thoughtful
intellectual
penetrating
sage
discerning
intelligent
knowledgeable
perceptive
sagacious
scholarly
clever
erudite
percipient
philosophical
enlightened
informed
recondite
sapient
serious
subtle
arcane
astute
esoteric
perspicacious
skilled
weighty
hermetic
hermetical
reflective
shrewd
acroamatic
knowing
occult
orphic
secret
full of insight
with great knowledge
showing great knowledge
lettered
cultured
academic
bookish
literary
highbrow
cultivated
studious
literate
civilized
US
well educated
pedantic
well-read
expert
widely read
donnish
well read
cerebral
sophisticated
brainy
versed
well versed
educated
well informed
illuminated
well-informed
genius
omniscient
sound
well-educated
solid
polymath
well-grounded
solemn
conversant
in the know
scientific
grounded
posted
grave
studied
judicious
sharp
philosophic
pansophic
professorial
well-rounded
civilised
UK
rational
logical
smart
sensible
prudent
canny
intuitive
experienced
contemplative
foresighted
theoretical
metaphysical
analytical
acute
abstract
politic
reasoned
keen
savvy
brilliant
bright
gifted
precocious
deliberated
discriminating
sharp-witted
quick-witted
strategic
tactful
farsighted
cogitative
desirable
foxy
cagey
argute
tactical
careful
astucious
sentient
justified
good
clear-sighted
aware
well advised
well-advised
well judged
cunning
well thought out
well-founded
well-reasoned
well reasoned
understanding
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Based on abstract reasoning
metaphysical
theoretical
abstract
notional
conceptual
speculative
philosophical
hypothetical
ideal
ideational
conjectural
intellectual
academic
theoretic
deep
recondite
esoteric
supernatural
transcendental
basic
fundamental
intangible
profound
unpractical
immaterial
incorporeal
oversubtle
jesuitic
mystical
numinous
ontological
philosophic
high-flown
suppositional
putative
conjectured
suppositious
imaginary
impractical
assumed
analytical
logical
suppositive
unsubstantiated
rational
scholarly
erudite
learned
presumed
vague
sagacious
unrealistic
idealized
US
ideological
unproved
imaginative
general
pure
quixotic
instanced
problematical
idealised
UK
unreal
transcendent
on paper
in theory
as a premise
in the abstract
visionary
paradigmatic
nonconcrete
unproven
untested
supposed
unapplied
fanciful
nominal
illusory
unpragmatic
imagined
not practical
thoughtful
unfathomable
complex
serious
weighty
reasoned
difficult
impenetrable
obscure
mysterious
dark
tentative
postulated
formularized
contingent
codified
pedantic
hypothetic
formalistic
unearthly
presupposed
academical
presumptive
apparent
purported
reputed
alleged
surmised
supposititious
inferred
ostensible
seeming
ostensive
evident
claimed
thought
held
rumored
US
understood
rumoured
UK
conjecturable
suspect
unfounded
groundless
doubtful
debatable
uncertain
unconfirmed
prima facie
disputable
assumptive
indefinite
based on guesswork
likely
expected
asserted
accepted
hypothesized
US
anticipated
implicit
given
connoted
tacit
granted
hypothesised
UK
taken as known
counted on
taken for granted
cognitive
reachy
non-practical
non-technical
blue-sky
presumptuous
higher
admitted
ratiocinative
provisional
rough
irrelevant
acknowledged
experimental
approximate
projected
conceptive
useless
just so
perceptual
inferential
ivory-tower
ivory-towered
questionable
indeterminate
contestable
stochastic
concocted
conditional
provisory
proposed
ivory-towerish
made up
nonrepresentational
nonfigurative
mental
suspected
guessing
surmising
guesstimated
figured
analytic
postulational
on a hunch
professed
believed
metatheoretical
specious
said
declared
so-called
soi-disant
quote unquote
theory-external
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive
didactic
instructive
enlightening
instructional
educational
informative
informational
moralistic
educative
edifying
moralising
UK
moralizing
US
illuminating
academic
sententious
preachy
homiletic
expository
pedagogic
sermonic
scholastic
homiletical
pedantic
doctrinal
preceptive
bookish
priggish
pompous
improving
heuristic
tuitional
donnish
propaedeutic
erudite
teaching
advisory
formal
schoolmasterly
sermonising
UK
sermonizing
US
moral
exhortative
hortative
schoolmasterist
teacherish
teacherly
teachy
learned
literary
schoolish
formalistic
inkhorn
hairsplitting
stilted
punctilious
arid
egotistic
pedantical
overnice
doctrinaire
dry
ostentatious
particular
dull
fussy
nit-picking
informatory
elucidative
explanatory
illuminative
revealing
explicative
expositive
explanative
illustrative
revelatory
exegetic
exegetical
demonstrative
explicatory
guiding
elucidatory
helpful
expositional
annotative
interpretive
interpretative
allegorical
discursive
useful
diagrammatic
analytical
declarative
graphic
hermeneutic
telling
tutorial
informing
hermeneutical
descriptive
pedagogical
factual
newsy
significant
scholarly
cultural
coaching
communicative
cautionary
prefatory
expounding
interesting
detailed
describing
evaluative
explaining
forthcoming
disquisitional
clarifying
by way of explanation
elaborate
promotional
divulgatory
exemplative
inspiring
uplifting
elevating
refining
suggestive
meaningful
telltale
expressive
pregnant
meaning
eloquent
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Done or made with, or characterized by, care and precision
subtle
delicate
fine
minute
refined
dainty
exquisite
intricate
nice
nuanced
airy
precise
exact
finespun
hairline
detailed
narrow
overnice
soft
fine-drawn
hairsplitting
minuscule
sophisticated
ultra-fine
hair-splitting
tenuous
distinct
elusive
obscure
faint
esoteric
recondite
cryptic
enigmatic
impalpable
tiny
trifling
strict
petty
fine-spun
elegant
light
meticulous
graceful
ethereal
beautiful
accurate
gossamer
lovely
diaphanous
filmy
insubstantial
gossamery
thin
close
fragile
pinpoint
pleasing
attractive
tasteful
fine-grained
rigorous
sheer
elaborate
careful
flimsy
fastidious
gauzy
mathematical
chiffony
floaty
orderly
threadlike
methodical
spot-on
translucent
transparent
gauzelike
see-through
sensitive
precision
fluffy
vaporous
frail
involved
lightweight
fancy
lacy
skimpy
perfect
pellucid
chiffon
unsubstantial
tiffany
faultless
skillful
US
thorough
finical
particular
finicky
painstaking
skilful
UK
well-crafted
stylish
very thin
cobwebby
subtile
permeable
deficient
gossamer-like
slight
well-made
well-executed
finicking
unerring
incorrupted
persnickety
dead on
winning
nifty
superior
cute
decorative
sweet
charming
aesthetic
UK
pretty
creative
delightful
ornamental
bonny
darling
esthetic
US
comely
grand
precious
picturesque
pictorial
artistic
stimulating
sublime
aesthetically pleasing
dinky
neat
wispy
gentle
silky
feathery
papery
recherche
choice
shimmering
wafer-thin
more ❯
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