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Abstruse

//əbˈstɹuːs//

Synonyms for "abstruse" (115 found)

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General use (97)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(3 words)

close underground uphill

Adj, name, noun, verb(3 words)

dark hidden hid

Adjective(2 words)

Adj, verb(21 words)

obscure rugged knotted difficult exacting intricate clouded obscured demanding secluded sequestered concealed cultivated complicated civilized educated cultured covered buried lettered

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Adj, noun, verb(11 words)

abstract subtle occult complex secret profound unknown recondite undercover opaque puzzling

Adj, name(1 words)

Adj, name, noun(2 words)

Adj, noun(10 words)

critical esoteric transcendental scholastic latent incomprehensible spiny hypothetical literate erudite

Adjective(25 words)

brutal rigorous mysterious incomprehensible formidable strenuous knotty ticklish hermetic laborious arduous studious herculean arcane thorny operose toilsome encyclopedic hard-fought difficile

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jawbreaking secluse pansophic polymathic polyhistoric

Adj, name, verb(1 words)

Adj, adv(2 words)

scholarly incommunicado

Prep_phrase(3 words)

under wraps under cover in a fog

not easy hard earned hard fought set with thorns in the wings under house arrest in a cloud in eclipse in purdah under an eclipse wrapped in clouds

Verb(1 words)

Noun(1 words)

Informal (18)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

hard rough blind deep

Adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(3 words)

delicate cryptic hard-earned

Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(2 words)

Adj, verb, slang(1 words)

Phrase, slang(1 words)

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