ADJECTIVE | all | vague, obscure | not clearly understood or expressed |
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all | vague, undefined | not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished | |
all | vague, dim, faint, shadowy, wispy | lacking clarity or distinctness |
Sounds | vey'g | |
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Rhymes | plague |
Meaning | not clearly understood or expressed. | |
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Synonym | obscure | |
Broader | unclear | not clear to the mind |
Spanish | ambiguo, impreciso, indefinido, vago | |
Catalan | imprecís, indefinit, vague | |
Nouns | vagueness | unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning |
Adverbs | vaguely | in a vague way |
Meaning | not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished. | |
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Synonym | undefined | |
Narrower | indefinable, undefinable | not capable of being precisely or readily described |
See also | indefinite | vague or not clearly / clearly / clearly defined or stated |
Opposite | defined | clearly / clearly / clearly characterized or delimited |
Spanish | indefinido, vago | |
Catalan | indefinit | |
Nouns | vagueness | unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning |
Meaning | lacking clarity or distinctness. | |
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Example | "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog" | |
Synonyms | dim, faint, shadowy, wispy | |
Broader | indistinct | not clearly / clearly / clearly defined / defined / defined or easy to perceive or understand |
Spanish | borroso, débil, sombrío, ténue, vago | |
Catalan | borrós, dèbil, ombrívol, tènue, vague | |
Nouns | vagueness | indistinctness of shape or character |
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