No one could solve such an abstruse problem.
Source: tatoeba (2210661)
Abstruse
//əbˈstɹuːs//
Synonyms for "abstruse" (206 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (61)
Related words (103)
Adjective(51 words)
latentlow profilelurksomelurkymousymysteriousnonunderstandableobfuscatedobfuscatoryobscuredoccludedoccultedoff-the-bookson the down-lowon the slyprivateretrusesecludedsecretsecreted
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Adjective(1 words)
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3 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
4 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 31 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- thellë adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ποικῐ́λος adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Bulgarian
2 entries- неясен adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- труден за разбиране adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Catalan
1 entries- abstrús adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 晦澀 /晦涩 adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- 深奧 /深奥 adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- 深邃 adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- 深長 /深长 adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Dutch
2 entries- onbevattelijk adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- ondoorgrondelijk adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Finnish
2 entries- vaikeaselkoinen adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- vaikeatajuinen adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
French
2 entries- abscons adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- abstrus adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
German
2 entries- abstrus adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- unfassbar adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Greek
2 entries- ασαφής adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- δυσνόητος adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Hindi
1 entries- बारीक adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Hungarian
3 entries- elvont adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- homályos adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- obskúrus adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Icelandic
1 entries- torskilinn adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Italian
2 entries- astruso adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- ermetico adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Japanese
2 entries- 晦渋 adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- 難解 adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Kazakh
1 entries- ғаламат adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Korean
1 entries- 심오(深奧)한 adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Manx
1 entries- neuvaghtal adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Middle English
1 entries- mysty adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Māori
1 entries- ākahukahu adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Occitan
1 entries- abstrús adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Polish
1 entries- mętny adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Portuguese
1 entries- abstruso adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Romanian
1 entries- confuz adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Russian
1 entries- мудрёный adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Spanish
2 entries- abstruso adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- conceptuoso adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Swedish
3 entries- abstrus adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- dunkel adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- svårfattlig adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Tagalog
1 entries- baliwag adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Telugu
1 entries- గూఢము adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Vietnamese
1 entries- huyền diệu adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Welsh
3 entries- astrus adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- cymhleth adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
- dyrys adj (difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Professionals in many fields write in a style that is purposefully abstruse and unclear.
Source: tatoeba (5991319)
"My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere."
Source: tatoeba (6373678)
Some time the good makithe an ile end⸝ ãd the ile a godd. In this opiniõ⸝ and in ſcrutable miſterie be werithe all his wittes⸝ and at the end of his cogitacions⸝ fyndithe more abſtruſe⸝ and doutfull obiections thẽ at the beginning⸝ […]
Source: wiktionary
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