abstruse
Meaning of abstruse
adjective
- difficult to understand; obscure.
an abstruse philosophical inquiry
late 16th century: from Latin abstrusus ‘put away, hidden’, from abstrudere ‘conceal’, from ab- ‘from’ + trudere ‘to push’.
Information about abstruse
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Hyphenation of abstruse
ab-struse
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- abstruse is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
abstruse synonyms
Meaning deep:
Meaning not clearly expressed or easily understood:
Meaning understood by few; mysterious or secret:
Meaning intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest:
Meaning (of air, especially that at high altitudes) of lower pressure than usual; thin:
Meaning needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand:
Meaning solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced:
Meaning causing one to be puzzled; perplexing:
Meaning completely baffling; very puzzling:
Meaning difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious:
Meaning impossible to understand or interpret:
Meaning having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure:
Meaning relating to the ancient Greek oracle at Delphi:
Meaning consisting of many different and connected parts:
Meaning consisting of many interconnecting parts or elements; intricate:
Meaning difficult to understand; complicated:
Meaning not able to be understood; not intelligible:
Meaning incapable of being fully explored or understood:
Meaning impossible to understand:
Meaning difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify:
Meaning involved or intricate:
Meaning complicated or abstruse:
abstruse antonyms
Meaning easy to perceive, understand, or interpret:
Meaning easily perceived or understood; clear, self-evident, or apparent:
Translation of abstruse
- Spanish: difícil, oscuro, complejo, abstracto, abstracta, compleja, oscura, incomprensible, complicado, complicada, vago, vaga, indefinido, indefinida
- German: abstrakt
- French: abstrait
- Italian: astratto
Anagrams of abstruse
Words that rhyme with abstruse
Ruse, ruse, cruse, Druse, druse, ceruse, misperuse, overuse, peruse, preperuse, reperuse, underuse, Kruse, abtruse, intruse, obstruse, retruse, struse
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