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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

crytic, mysterious, or obscure;

e.g. The book was riddled with fuliginous prose that left the reading wanting more.

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Similar Words

Ambiguous

Arcane

Cryptic

Dark

Deep

Delphic

Double-edged

Elliptical

Enigmatic

Equivocal

Inscrutable

Lackluster

Moonless

Murky

Mysterious

Mystic

Nebulous

Obscure

Occult

Squalid

Twilit

Unknowable

Unsanitary

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Opposite Words

Appreciable

Blatant

Comprehensible

Definite

Determined

Direct

Distinct

Evident

Exact

Explicit

Firm

Intelligible

Legible

Palpable

Patent

Pellucid

Self-evident

Self-explanatory

Straightforward

Strong

Tangible

Unmistakable

Visible

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Related Words

Abstruse

Baffling

Bewildering

Black

Blackened

Caliginous

Circuitous

Cloudy

Complex

Complicated

Concealed

Dark

Darkling

Darksome

Difficult

Dim

Dingy

Dusk

Dusky

Eerie

Esoteric

Faint

Foggy

Gloomy

Hazy

Impalpable

Impenetrable

Incomprehensible

Indecipherable

Indefinite

Indirect

Indistinct

Indistinguishable

Inexact

Inexplicable

Inexplicit

Intangible

Invisible

Lightless

Masked

Misty

Muddy

Murky

Noncommittal

Obscure

Obtuse

Perplexing

Pitch-black

Pitch-dark

Puzzling

Questionable

Rayless

Recondite

Roundabout

Shadowy

Somber

Sordid

Stygian

Tenebrific

Tenebrous

Unanswerable

Uncanny

Unclear

Undefined

Unfathomable

Unknowable

Unlit

Vague

Weird

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