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- pronunciation:
- aeb
strus
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane.
The article is somewhat abstruse for the non-scientist.The professor's explanation was abstruse, and the students stared at him with incomprehension.- synonyms:
- abstract, deep, recondite
- antonyms:
- clear, obvious, plain
- similar words:
- arcane, complex, enigmatic, esoteric, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inextricable, inscrutable, involved, mysterious, obscure, opaque, profound, puzzling, unfathomable
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| related words: |
equivocal, heavy, mystic |
adverb + (adj.)abstruse
around, frighteningly, probably, sometimes
(adj.)abstruse
+ noun
argument, calculation, command, concept, conversation, data, debate, issue, reader, salvation, science, source, subject, term
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| derivations: |
abstrusely (adv.), abstruseness (n.) |
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