abstruse
hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories.
Obsolete. secret; hidden.
Origin of abstruse
1Other words for abstruse
Opposites for abstruse
Other words from abstruse
- ab·struse·ly, adverb
- ab·struse·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with abstruse
- abstruse , obtuse
Words Nearby abstruse
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How to use abstruse in a sentence
More interesting than these abstruse ruminations were her political instincts at the conclusion of the formal broadcast.
It is when studies requiring abstruse thought are reached that the facility in acquisition of the savage races comes to an end.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisIt cast its searching eye into the most abstruse inquiries which ever tasked the famous minds of the world.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordIt established important psychological truths and created a method for the solution of abstruse questions.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordPhilosophy kept pace with geometry, and those who observed Nature also gloried in abstruse calculations.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John Lord
You,” said I. “You drive a nail as if it were an abstruse problem in differential calculus.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton
British Dictionary definitions for abstruse
/ (əbˈstruːs) /
not easy to understand; recondite; esoteric
Origin of abstruse
1Derived forms of abstruse
- abstrusely, adverb
- abstruseness, noun
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