nebulous

neb·u·lous

N0043600 (nĕb′yə-ləs)adj.1. Cloudy, misty, or hazy.2. Lacking definite form or limits; vague: nebulous assurances of future cooperation.3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a nebula.

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[Middle English, from Latin nebulōsus, from nebula, cloud; see nebh- in Indo-European roots.]

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neb′u·lous·ly adv.neb′u·lous·ness n.

nebulous

(ˈnɛbjʊləs) adj1. lacking definite form, shape, or content; vague or amorphous: nebulous reasons. 2. (Astronomy) of, characteristic of, or resembling a nebula3. rare misty or hazy ˈnebulously adv ˈnebulousness n

neb•u•lous

(ˈnɛb yə ləs)

adj. 1. hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused. 2. cloudy or cloudlike. 3. of or resembling a nebula or nebulae; nebular. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin nebulōsus full of mist, foggy, cloudy. See nebula, -ous] neb′u•lous•ly, adv. neb′u•lous•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	nebulous - lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"cloudy, nebuloseindistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"
	2.	nebulous - of or relating to or resembling a nebula; "the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system"nebularastronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
	3.	nebulous - lacking definition or definite content; "nebulous reasons"; "unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be"- Jane Austenunfixedindefinite - vague or not clearly defined or stated; "must you be so indefinite?"; "amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges"; "he would not answer so indefinite a proposal"

nebulous

adjective1. vague, confused, uncertain, obscure, unclear, ambiguous, indefinite, hazy, indeterminate, imprecise, indistinct the nebulous concept of `spirit'2. obscure, vague, dim, murky, shadowy, cloudy, misty, hazy, amorphous, indeterminate, shapeless, indistinct, unformed We glimpsed a nebulous figure through the mist.

nebulous

adjectiveLiable to more than one interpretation:ambiguous, cloudy, equivocal, inexplicit, obscure, uncertain, unclear, vague.

Translations

nebulösnebuloso