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   abstruse

   /əbˈstruːs/

   adjective

   • 1. difficult to understand; obscure: "an abstruse philosophical inquiry"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin abstrusus ‘put away, hidden’, from abstrudere ‘conceal’, from ab- ‘from’ + trudere ‘to push’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. abstrusely adverb
   • 2. abstruseness noun

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   What is the difference between Obtuse and abstruse?

   • It is useful when describing something that is overly confusing, or if someone is deliberately making a story or a situation more complicated than necessary. It sounds and looks like obtuse, but abstruse is almost its opposite. Obtuse is dull or lacking a sharpness of intellect.

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   What does abstruse mean in English?

   • The Latin roots of the word abstruse are about concealing or hiding something, which is a good way to remember the meaning of this word. It is useful when describing something that is overly confusing, or if someone is deliberately making a story or a situation more complicated than necessary.

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   Why are abstruse things difficult to understand?

   • Abstruse things are difficult to understand because they are so deep and intellectually challenging. It might be hard to figure out how the inside of a wristwatch works with all the tiny, complicated pieces but something abstruse is much harder to grasp, like the quantum mechanics applied to making atomic clocks for navigational purposes.

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   What does abstruso mean?

   • abstruso… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! ABSTRUSE definition: 1. not known or understood by many people: 2. not known or understood by many people: . Learn more.

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   The meaning of ABSTRUSE is difficult to comprehend : recondite. How to use abstruse in a sentence. Latin Ties Things Together With Abstruse

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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.

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   Definitions of abstruse. adjective. 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.

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   Abstruse definition: hard to understand; recondite; esoteric. See examples of ABSTRUSE used in a sentence.

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   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.

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   Abstruse means difficult to understand, especially when it could be explained more simply. See synonyms, pronunciation, examples and word origin of abstruse.

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   Abstruse means hard to understand; esoteric; recondite. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of abstruse in English and Spanish, and see related words and antonyms.