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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
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.
You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply.
Abstruse definition: hard to understand; recondite; esoteric. See examples of ABSTRUSE used in a sentence.
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.
Jun 18, 2024 · abstruse ( comparative abstruser or more abstruse, superlative abstrusest or most abstruse) ( formal) Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure. [from mid 16th c.] Synonyms: abstrusive, arcane, cryptic, esoteric, recondite; see also Thesaurus: incomprehensible.
Abstruse Definition. Difficult to understand; recondite. The students avoided the professor's abstruse lectures. Hard to understand because of being extremely complex, intellectually demanding, highly abstract, etc.; deep; recondite. 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost.
You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply.
Definition of abstruse adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
