abstruse

abstruse

hard to understand; esoteric: abstruse theories; recondite, incomprehensible, unfathomable, arcane
Not to be confused with:obtuse – not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; dull, blunt, unfeeling, tactless, insensitive: an obtuse statement made without considering its effect; slow, dim; boorish; indistinctly felt or perceived, as pain or sound

ab·struse

A0029500 (ăb-stro͞os′, əb-)adj. Difficult to understand; recondite: The students avoided the professor's abstruse lectures.

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[Latin abstrūsus, past participle of abstrūdere, to hide : abs-, ab-, away; see ab-¹ + trūdere, to push; see treud- in Indo-European roots.]

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ab·struse′ly adv.ab·struse′ness n.

abstruse

(əbˈstruːs) adjnot easy to understand; recondite; esoteric[C16: from Latin abstrūsus thrust away, concealed, from abs- ab-¹ + trūdere to thrust] abˈstrusely adv abˈstruseness n

ab•struse

(æbˈstrus)

adj. 1. hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories. 2. Obs. secret; hidden. [1590–1600; < Latin abstrūsus literally, concealed, past participle of abstrūdere to conceal from view =abs- abs- + trūdere to thrust, push] ab•struse′ly, adv. ab•struse′ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

abstruse - difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"recondite, deepesoteric - confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories"

abstruse

adjective obscure, complex, confusing, puzzling, subtle, mysterious, concealed, abstract, vague, deep, dark, hidden, unclear, ambiguous, enigmatic, esoteric, perplexing, opaque, incomprehensible, arcane, hazy, cryptic, unfathomable, recondite, Delphic, clear as mud (informal) Meetings keep reverting to discussions about abstruse resolutions.
open, clear, plain, apparent, bold, patent, evident, manifest, transparent, conspicuous, overt, self-evident, perceptible, unsubtle

abstruse

adjectiveBeyond the understanding of an average mind:deep, esoteric, profound, recondite.Slang: heavy.

Translations

深奥的难解的

abstruse

(əbˈstruːs) adjective difficult to understand. abstruse reasoning. 難解的，深奧的 难解的，深奥的 abˈstruseness noun 難解，深奧 难解，深奥