Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

ADJECTIVE 3

1. not clearly understood or expressed

   • “an obscure turn of phrase”
   • “an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard”
   • “their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin”
   • “vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke”
   Synonymsobscure

2. not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished

   • “an undefined term”
   • “undefined authority”
   • “some undefined sense of excitement”
   • “vague feelings of sadness”
   • “a vague uneasiness”
   Synonymsundefined

3. lacking clarity or distinctness

   • “a dim figure in the distance”
   • “only a faint recollection”
   • “shadowy figures in the gloom”
   • “saw a vague outline of a building through the fog”
   • “a few wispy memories of childhood”
   Synonymsdimfaintshadowywispy