| Main Entry: | unintelligible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not understandable |
Synonyms: |
Greek, ambiguous, equivocal, fathomless, illegible, impenetrable, inarticulate, incognizable, incoherent, incomprehensible, indecipherable, indistinct, inexplicit, jumbled, meaningless, muddled, obscure, opaque, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, unexplicit, unfathomable, ungraspable, unknowable, unreadable, vague |
Antonyms: |
comprehensible, intelligible, meaningful, understandable |
| Main Entry: | ambiguous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having more than one meaning |
Synonyms: |
clear as dishwater, cryptic, doubtful, dubious, enigmatic, enigmatical, equivocal, inconclusive, indefinite, indeterminate, inexplicit, muddy, multivocal, obscure, opaque, polysemous, puzzling, questionable, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, unintelligible, vague |
| Notes: | ambiguous is vague by accident or intent; equivocal is vague by intent |
Antonyms: |
clear, definite, explicit, lucid |
| Main Entry: | broken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stuttering in speech |
Synonyms: |
disjointed, halting, hesitant, hesitating, imperfect, incoherent, mumbled, muttered, stammering, unintelligible, weak |
Antonyms: |
continuous, flowing |
| Main Entry: | difficult |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complicated; hard to comprehend |
Synonyms: |
abstract, abstruse, baffling, bewildering, complex, confounding, confusing, dark, deep, delicate, enigmatic, enigmatical, entangled, esoteric, formidable, hard to explain, hard to solve, hidden, inexplicable, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, loose, meandering, mysterious, mystical, mystifying, nice, obscure, obstinate, paradoxical, perplexing, problematical, profound, puzzling, rambling, subtle, tangled, thorny, ticklish, troublesome, unclear, unfathomable, unintelligible, vexing |
Antonyms: |
easy, simple, straightforward, uncomplicated |
| Main Entry: | disconnected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused; discontinuous |
Synonyms: |
broken, detached, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, inchoate, incoherent, incohesive, interrupted, irrational, irregular, jumbled, loose, mixed-up, muddled, rambling, separated, uncontinuous, uncoordinated, unintelligible, wandering |
Antonyms: |
attached, coherent, connected, continuous, intelligible, joined, understandable |
| Main Entry: | enigmatic/enigmatical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mysterious |
Synonyms: |
Delphian, Sibylline, ambiguous, cryptic, dark, doubtful, equivocal, incomprehensible, indecipherable, inexplicable, inscrutable, obscure, occult, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secret, sphinxlike, stickling, stumping, teasing, uncertain, unfathomable, unintelligible |
Antonyms: |
clear, obvious, unmysterious |
| Main Entry: | equivocal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, uncertain |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibological, borderline, clear as mud, clouded, disreputable, dubious, evasive, fishy, fuzzy*, hazy*, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, misleading, muddled, muzzy, oblique, obscure, open, problematic, puzzling, questionable, suspect, suspicious, tenebrous, unclear, undecided, unexplicit, unintelligible, vague, with mixed feelings |
Antonyms: |
certain, clear, definite, determined, obvious, plain, sure, unequivocal, unquestionable |
| Main Entry: | hazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
Synonyms: |
dazed, dizzy, dreamy, groggy, ill-defined, indefinite, indistinct, muddled, murky, nebulous, obscure, stuporous, tranced, uncertain, unclear, unintelligible, unsound, vague, whirling |
Antonyms: |
certain, definite, distinct, explained, sure, unconfused |
| Main Entry: | illegible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unreadable |
Synonyms: |
cacographic, crabbed, cramped, difficult to read, faint, hard to make out, hieroglyphic, indecipherable, indistinct, obscure, scrawled, unclear, undecipherable, unintelligible |
Antonyms: |
decipherable, legible, readible, understandable |
| Main Entry: | impenetrable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incomprehensible |
Synonyms: |
Delphic, arcane, baffling, cabalistic, dark, enigmatic, enigmatical, hidden, incognizable, indiscernible, inexplicable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, obscure, sibylline, unaccountable, unfathomable, ungraspable, unintelligible, unknowable |
Antonyms: |
comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable, understandable |