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: difficult to comprehend : recondite. the abstruse calculations of mathematicians. abstruse concepts/ideas/theories. abstrusely adverb. abstruseness noun. Did you know? Latin Ties Things Together With Abstruse.
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.
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.
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.
Abstruse definition: hard to understand; recondite; esoteric. See examples of ABSTRUSE used in a sentence.
noun. Word origin. C16: from Latin abstrūsus thrust away, concealed, from abs- ab-1 + trūdere to thrust. Word Frequency. abstruse in American English. (æbˈstrus ; əbˈstrus ) adjective. hard to understand because of being extremely complex, intellectually demanding, highly abstract, etc.; deep; recondite.
Definition of abstruse adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Jun 18, 2024 · abstruse (comparative abstruser or more abstruse, superlative abstrusest or most abstruse) Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure. [from mid 16th c.] Synonyms: abstrusive, arcane, cryptic, esoteric, recondite; see also Thesaurus: incomprehensible Antonyms: clear, obvious, understandable; see also Thesaurus: comprehensible
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"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"
You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply.
