Meaning

2 senses

  1. (formal)Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure.

    abstrus, unfassbar

    мудрёныйmudrjónyj

  2. (formal, obsolete)Concealed or hidden; secret.

More definitions
  • difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

Examples

2 sentences

  1. No one could solve such an abstruse problem.

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  2. Professionals in many fields write in a style that is purposefully abstruse and unclear.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
difficult to comprehend or understand — see also obscure:

Forms

abstruser/more abstruse, abstrusest/most abstruse

Synonyms

99 synonyms
arcaneC2ChineseA2denseB2inexplicableC1inscrutableC2mysteriousA2obscureC1thickA1surreptitiousC2secretB1undergroundB2darkA1hiddenB1invisibleB2
Close in meaning
  • difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge:deeprecondite

Antonyms

22 antonyms
clearA2obviousB1understandableB2apprehensiblelimpidcomprehensibleexplainableexplicableexplicatablefathomablegraspableilluminableintelligiblelucid

Word family

10 related words
Relatedabstrudeabstrusedabstrusionabstrusiveabstrusivelyretruseabstrusityabstruseness
Derivedabstruselynon-abstruse

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
abstractB1abstractionC1absurdB2absurdityabsurdly
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