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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.
: 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.
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.
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"
Hard to understand because of being extremely complex, intellectually demanding, highly abstract, etc.; deep; recondite. Webster's New World. 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost. The eternal eye whose sight discerns abstrusest thoughts. Wiktionary. Difficult to comprehend or understand; recondite; obscure; esoteric.
adjective. These are words and phrases related to abstruse. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of abstruse. The professor's abstruse theories were impossible for his students to understand. Synonyms. esoteric. recondite. profound. deep. difficult. knotty. complex. involved. secret. hermetic. orphic.
