adj
Meaning 1
not clearly defined or not having a sharp outline; faint or dim
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- indistinct sign
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fuzzy, ill-defined
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
indistinct
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌɪndɪsˈtɪŋkt/
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adj
Meaning 2
hazy or vague
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: idea etc
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ambiguous, equivocal, fuzzy, generic, gray, imperspicuous, imprecise, indeterminate, indefinite, indistinct, murky, nebulous, turbid, uncertain, unclear, undefined, undefinable, vague, woolly
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
difficult to understand through being muffled or slurred
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- indistinct consonant sound
- indistinct sound
- indistinct murmur
- indistinct rustling
- indistinct whisper
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- indistinct shapes in the gloom
- an indistinct memory
- only indistinct notions of what to do
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: distinct
History
Etymology
From Middle French indistinct, from Latin indistinctus. English equivalent in- + distinct.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неясен (nejasen) — not clearly defined
- Bulgarian: смътен (smǎten) — not clearly defined
- Catalan: indistint — not clearly defined
- Chinese Mandarin: 模糊 — not clearly defined
- Chinese Mandarin: 朦朧 /朦胧 (ménglóng) — not clearly defined
- Czech: nezřetelný — not clearly defined
- Galician: indistinto — not clearly defined
- Greek: δυσδιάκριτος (dysdiákritos) — not clearly defined
- Greek: αμυδρός (amydrós) — not clearly defined
- Ancient Greek: ἀσαφής (asaphḗs) — not clearly defined
- Latin: indistinctus — not clearly defined
- Manchu: ᠪᡠᡵᡠ ᠪᠠᡵᠠ (buru bara) — not clearly defined
- Māori: mōnehunehu — not clearly defined
- Māori: whekowheko — not clearly defined
- Māori: ākahukahu — not clearly defined
- Māori: makaro — not clearly defined
- Māori: whakanawenawe — not clearly defined
- Māori: mōnenehu — not clearly defined
- Māori: tōriki — not clearly defined
- Māori: tōririki — not clearly defined
- Māori: tōrikiriki — not clearly defined
- Polish: niewyraźny — not clearly defined
- Portuguese: indistinto — not clearly defined
- Spanish: indistinto — not clearly defined
- Swedish: diffus — not clearly defined
- Thai: พร่า (prâa) — not clearly defined
- Thai: คลุมเครือ (klum-klʉʉa) — not clearly defined
- Bulgarian: неясен (nejasen) — difficult to understand (of speech)
- Greek: δυσδιάκριτος (dysdiákritos) — difficult to understand (of speech)
- Māori: mārearea — difficult to understand (of speech)
- Māori: ngau — difficult to understand (of speech)
- Sanskrit: कल (kala) — difficult to understand (of speech)
- Swedish: oklar — difficult to understand (of speech)
- Swedish: vag — difficult to understand (of speech)
- Thai: พร่า (prâa) — difficult to understand (of speech)
- Ottoman Turkish: صاغر (sağır) — difficult to understand (of speech)
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