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Synonyms for nebulous
ˈnɛb yə ləsneb·u·lous
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Princeton's WordNet
cloudy, nebulose, nebulousadjective
lacking definite form or limits
"gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"
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cloudy, nebular, muddy, mirky, unfixed, nebulose, murky, turbidnebular, nebulousadjective
of or relating to or resembling a nebula
"the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system"
nebulous, unfixedadjective
lacking definition or definite content
"nebulous reasons"; "unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be"- Jane Austen
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4709 | cloudy | |
#18321 | muddy | |
#38136 | murky | |
#43548 | woolly | |
#67890 | nebulous | |
#88701 | turbid | |
#116913 | nebular | |
#125670 | unfixed |
How to use nebulous in a sentence?
I flew a drone above the island showing just how precarious its location is : Homes clinging to the edge of an eroding coastline as unrelenting waves chisel away at what remains, after I saw what was happening on Ejit, I realized that climate change is not something nebulous that will only start affecting us in the future, but rather something happening right now. Residents are being forced to make the most difficult decision : Do they stay and build sea walls to buy some more time, or do they relocate ?
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- nebulósCatalan, Valencian
- neblig, verworren, nebelhaft, nebelig, nebulös, unklarGerman
- nebulosoSpanish
- udune, häguneEstonian
- اشباع شدهPersian
- nébuleuxFrench
- अस्पष्टHindi
- מעורפלHebrew
- ನರಭಕ್ಷಕKannada
- nebulosoPortuguese
- смутный, неопределённый, неотчётливый, туманный, неясный, расплывчатыйRussian
- అస్పష్టTelugu
- 朦胧的Chinese
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