Refine this word faster

Stronger alternatives Opposite tone Use in context Cross-language nuance

Nebulous

//ˈnɛbjʊləs// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
  2. 2
    Vague or ill-defined.

    "The magistrate could not possibly, on the evidence, have held them for a higher court. On the one hand the compositors and pressmen were forced to admit that the light was uncertain, that they were themselves much perturbed, and that it was difficult for them to swear to the identity of the assailants; although they believed that the accused were among them. Cross examined by the clever attorney who had been engaged by McGinty, they were even more nebulous in their evidence."

  3. 3
    Relating to a nebula or nebulae.
Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking definition or definite content wordnet
  2. 2
    lacking definite form or limits wordnet
  3. 3
    of or relating to or resembling a nebula wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French nebuleus, from Latin nebulōsus (“full of mist, foggy, cloudy”), from nebula (“mist, vapour, cloud”), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud, vapor, fog, moist, sky”). Cognates *Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos, “cloud”) *German Nebel **Old High German nebul (“cloud, fog”) *Old English nifol, neowol (“dark, gloomy, obscure, precipitous, prone”) by surface analysis, nebula + -ous. More at neveling, nuel.

See also for "nebulous"

Synonyms Antonyms Rhymes Sentences Translate Word Type Pronunciation Word Forms

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciation

Mini challenge

Unscramble this word: nebulous