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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

deliberately obscure;

e.g. His new poem was an elliptical minefield.

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Similar Words

Ambiguous

Arcane

Brief

Capsule

Compact

Compendious

Concise

Crisp

Cryptic

Curt

Dark

Deep

Delphic

Double-edged

Enigmatic

Equivocal

Fuliginous

Inscrutable

Laconic

Monosyllabic

Murky

Mysterious

Mystic

Nebulous

Oblong

Obscure

Occult

Oval

Ovoid

Pithy

Sententious

Succinct

Summary

Terse

Thumbnail

Unknowable

Well-turned

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Opposite Words

Appreciable

Blatant

Comprehensible

Definite

Determined

Direct

Distinct

Embroidered

Evident

Exact

Exaggerated

Explicit

Firm

Inflated

Intelligible

Legible

Palpable

Patent

Pellucid

Redundant

Repetitious

Self-evident

Self-explanatory

Straightforward

Strong

Tangible

Tautological

Unmistakable

Visible

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Related Words

Abbreviated

Abridged

Abrupt

Abstruse

Baffling

Bewildering

Blunt

Brusque

Circuitous

Cloudy

Complex

Complicated

Concealed

Condensed

Difficult

Dim

Eerie

Esoteric

Faint

Foggy

Global

Hazy

Impalpable

Impenetrable

Incomprehensible

Indecipherable

Indefinite

Indirect

Indistinct

Indistinguishable

Inexact

Inexplicable

Inexplicit

Intangible

Invisible

Masked

Meaningful

Meaty

Misty

Muddy

Noncommittal

Obtuse

Perplexing

Puzzling

Questionable

Recondite

Round

Roundabout

Shadowy

Short

Significant

Snippety

Snippy

Substantial

Unanswerable

Uncanny

Unclear

Undefined

Unfathomable

Unknowable

Vague

Weird

Well-turned

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