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adjective
- 1. difficult to understand; obscure: "an abstruse philosophical inquiry"
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adjective. formal uk / æbˈstruːs / us / æbˈstruːs / Add to word list. not known or understood by many people: an abstruse philosophical essay. Synonyms. obscure. recherché formal. recondite formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult to understand. abstrusely. ambiguity. ambiguously. antinomy. esoterically. fathomlessly. garble.
The meaning of ABSTRUSE is difficult to comprehend : recondite. How to use abstruse in a sentence. Latin Ties Things Together With Abstruse
noun. Word origin. C16: from Latin abstrūsus thrust away, concealed, from abs- ab-1 + trūdere to thrust. Word Frequency. abstruse in American English. (æbˈstrus ; əbˈstrus ) adjective. hard to understand because of being extremely complex, intellectually demanding, highly abstract, etc.; deep; recondite.
Definitions of abstruse. adjective. difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge. “the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them”. synonyms: deep, recondite. esoteric. confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle.
adjective. formal us / æbˈstruːs / uk / æbˈstruːs / Add to word list. not known or understood by many people: an abstruse philosophical essay. Synonyms. obscure. recherché formal. recondite formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult to understand. abstrusely. ambiguity. ambiguously. antinomy. esoterically. fathomlessly. garble.
Definition of abstruse adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Abstruse definition: hard to understand; recondite; esoteric. See examples of ABSTRUSE used in a sentence.
Jun 18, 2024 · abstruse (comparative abstruser or more abstruse, superlative abstrusest or most abstruse) Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure. [from mid 16th c.] Synonyms: abstrusive, arcane, cryptic, esoteric, recondite; see also Thesaurus: incomprehensible Antonyms: clear, obvious, understandable; see also Thesaurus: comprehensible
May 21, 2024 · A complete guide to the word "ABSTRUSE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
abstruse - difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"
