Slowly she disappeared in the nebulous woods.
Source: tatoeba (2792597)
Nebulous
//ˈnɛbjʊləs//
Synonyms for "nebulous" (140 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
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5 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- мъглив adj (in the form of a cloud)
- неясен adj (ill-defined)
- облачен adj (in the form of a cloud)
- смътен adj (ill-defined)
Catalan
2 entries- nebulós adj (in the form of a cloud)
- nebulós adj (ill-defined)
Esperanto
1 entries- nebula adj (ill-defined)
Estonian
3 entries- hägune adj (in the form of a cloud)
- udune adj (in the form of a cloud)
- udune adj (ill-defined)
Finnish
2 entries- epämääräinen adj (ill-defined)
- sumumainen adj (in the form of a cloud)
French
1 entries- nébuleux adj (ill-defined)
Georgian
4 entries- არამკაფიო adj (ill-defined)
- ბუნდოვანი adj (ill-defined)
- გაურკვეველი adj (ill-defined)
- დაბინდული adj (ill-defined)
German
4 entries- nebelhaft adj (ill-defined)
- nebelig adj (in the form of a cloud)
- neblig adj (in the form of a cloud)
- nebulös adj (ill-defined)
Italian
2 entries- nebuloso adj (in the form of a cloud)
- vago adj (ill-defined)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- tåkete adj (ill-defined)
- uklar adj (ill-defined)
Polish
1 entries- mgławicowy adj (relating to nebulae)
Portuguese
1 entries- nebuloso adj (in the form of a cloud)
Romanian
2 entries- nebulos adj (in the form of a cloud)
- nebulos adj (ill-defined)
Russian
4 entries- неопределённый adj (ill-defined)
- неотчётливый adj (ill-defined)
- нея́сный adj (ill-defined)
- о́блачный adj (in the form of a cloud)
Spanish
3 entries- nebular adj (relating to nebulae)
- nebuloso adj (in the form of a cloud)
- nebuloso adj (ill-defined)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
English is full of ambiguous, nebulous phonemes, so English-language pop music attracts many who like such sounds.
Source: tatoeba (9017144)
His explanations are generally very nebulous.
Source: tatoeba (9318166)
That sentence is neither beautiful nor ugly. It's nebulous.
Source: tatoeba (9670936)
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