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Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: inarticulate, unclear, abstruse, Chinese, dense, enigmatic, fathomless, Greek, inapprehensible, incognizable, incomprehensible, ineffable, inenubilable, inexplicable, impenetrable, insensible, inscrutable, insoluble, insolvable, mysterious, nonunderstandable, obscure, retruse, tenebrose, thick, undecipherable, undiscoverable, unexplainable, unfathomable, ungraspable, unintelligible, unknowable, ununderstandable
Antonyms: none provided
Not having a precise meaning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: ambiguous, equivocal
Antonyms: none provided
Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
only a vague notion of what’s needed a vague hint of a thickening waistline I haven’t the vaguest idea.
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Synonyms: ambiguous, equivocal, indistinct, obscure
Antonyms: none provided
Not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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Not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely.
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Synonyms: dazed
Antonyms: none provided
Lacking expression; vacant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: vacant, vacuous
Antonyms: none provided
Not sharply outlined; hazy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: fuzzy, hazy, ill-defined, dim, ill-marked, indefinite, indistinct, indistinguishable, muzzy, obscure, undefined, vague
Antonyms: none provided
Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
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Synonyms: erratic, roaming, unsettled, vagrant, vagabond
Antonyms: none provided
An indefinite expanse.
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A wandering; a vagary.
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Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
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to wander; to roam; to stray.
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Usage: archaic
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To become vague or act in a vague manner.
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To make vague negative comments publicly; to make highly veiled complaints or insults.
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Usage: Internet, intransitive
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Synonyms: vaguepost
Antonyms: none provided
not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an undefined term undefined authority some undefined sense of excitement vague feelings of sadness a vague uneasiness
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Synonyms: undefined
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 15
not clearly understood or expressed-Anatole Broyard- P.A.Sorokin- John Locke
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an obscure turn of phrase an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science
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Synonyms: obscure
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 16
lacking clarity or distinctness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a dim figure in the distance only a faint recollection shadowy figures in the gloom saw a vague outline of a building through the fog a few wispy memories of childhood
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Synonyms: dim, faint, shadowy, wispy
Antonyms: none provided
From Middle French vague, from Latin vagus (“uncertain, vague”, literally “wandering, rambling, strolling”).
Across languages
Translations 125 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
неясен
(nejasen)
— not clearly expressed
Catalan :
vague
— not clearly expressed
Chinese Mandarin :
模糊
(móhu)
— not clearly expressed
Chinese Mandarin :
糢糊
(móhu)
— not clearly expressed
Czech :
vágní
— not clearly expressed
Dutch :
vaag
— not clearly expressed
Esperanto :
svaga
— not clearly expressed
Finnish :
epämääräinen
— not clearly expressed
Finnish :
ympäripyöreä
— not clearly expressed
French :
vague
— not clearly expressed
Galician :
vago
— not clearly expressed
Galician :
impreciso
— not clearly expressed
Georgian :
ბუნდოვანი
(bundovani)
— not clearly expressed
Georgian :
გაურკვეველი
(gaurḳveveli)
— not clearly expressed
Georgian :
გაუგებარი
(gaugebari)
— not clearly expressed
German :
nebelhaft
— not clearly expressed
German :
schwach
— not clearly expressed
German :
unklar
— not clearly expressed
German :
undeutlich
— not clearly expressed
German :
ungenau
— not clearly expressed
German :
ungewiss
— not clearly expressed
German :
vage
— not clearly expressed
German :
verschwommen
— not clearly expressed
Greek :
ασαφής
(asafís)
— not clearly expressed
Greek :
αόριστος
(aóristos)
— not clearly expressed
Hebrew :
עמום
(amúm)
— not clearly expressed
Hebrew :
מעורפל
(m'urpál)
— not clearly expressed
Hebrew :
לא ברור
(lo barúr)
— not clearly expressed
Italian :
vago
— not clearly expressed
Japanese :
曖昧
(aimai)
— not clearly expressed
Japanese :
漠然とした
(bakuzen to shita)
— not clearly expressed
Kazakh :
белгісіз
(belgısız)
— not clearly expressed
Ladino :
indechizo
— not clearly expressed
Latin :
vagus
— not clearly expressed
Macedonian :
нејасен
(nejasen)
— not clearly expressed
Macedonian :
неодреден
(neodreden)
— not clearly expressed
Macedonian :
магловит
(maglovit)
— not clearly expressed
Māori :
ngau
— not clearly expressed
Māori :
kāwekaweka
— not clearly expressed
Māori :
waowao
— not clearly expressed
Māori :
hākirikiri
— not clearly expressed
Persian :
مبهم
(mobham)
— not clearly expressed
Plautdietsch :
onbestemt
— not clearly expressed
Polish :
niejasny
— not clearly expressed
Portuguese :
vago
— not clearly expressed
Russian :
нея́сный
(nejásnyj)
— not clearly expressed
Russian :
нечёткий
(nečótkij)
— not clearly expressed
Russian :
неопределённый
(neopredeljónnyj)
— not clearly expressed
Russian :
расплы́вчатый
(rasplývčatyj)
— not clearly expressed
Spanish :
vago
— not clearly expressed
Spanish :
desvaído
— not clearly expressed
Spanish :
difuminado
— not clearly expressed
Swedish :
vag
— not clearly expressed
Swedish :
oklar
— not clearly expressed
Turkish :
anlaşılmaz
— not clearly expressed
Turkish :
belirsiz
— not clearly expressed
Turkish :
bulanık
— not clearly expressed
Turkish :
karanlık
— not clearly expressed
Turkish :
muğlak
— not clearly expressed
Turkish :
müphem
— not clearly expressed
Turkish :
şüpheli
— not clearly expressed
Turkish :
üstü kapalı
— not clearly expressed
Ukrainian :
нея́сни́й
(nejásnýj)
— not clearly expressed
Bulgarian :
неопределен
(neopredelen)
— not having a precise meaning
Dutch :
vaag
— not having a precise meaning
Esperanto :
svaga
— not having a precise meaning
Estonian :
ebamäärane
— not having a precise meaning
Finnish :
epämääräinen
— not having a precise meaning
Finnish :
epätarkka
— not having a precise meaning
Galician :
vago
— not having a precise meaning
Georgian :
ბუნდოვანი
(bundovani)
— not having a precise meaning
Māori :
waowao
— not having a precise meaning
Portuguese :
vago
— not having a precise meaning
Bulgarian :
неопределен
(neopredelen)
— not clearly defined, grasped, or understood
Esperanto :
svaga
— not clearly defined, grasped, or understood
Estonian :
ebamäärane
— not clearly defined, grasped, or understood
Estonian :
ebaselge
— not clearly defined, grasped, or understood
Finnish :
epämääräinen
— not clearly defined, grasped, or understood
Galician :
vago
— not clearly defined, grasped, or understood
Georgian :
გაუგებარი
(gaugebari)
— not clearly defined, grasped, or understood
Georgian :
გაურკვეველი
(gaurḳveveli)
— not clearly defined, grasped, or understood
Ancient Greek :
ἀμυδρός
(amudrós)
— not clearly defined, grasped, or understood
Māori :
hākirikiri
— not clearly defined, grasped, or understood
Portuguese :
vago
— not clearly defined, grasped, or understood
Vietnamese :
mơ hồ
— not clearly defined, grasped, or understood
Vietnamese :
mông lung
— not clearly defined, grasped, or understood
Bulgarian :
смътен
(smǎten)
— not clearly felt or sensed
Estonian :
ebamäärane
— not clearly felt or sensed
Estonian :
ebaselge
— not clearly felt or sensed
Estonian :
ähmane
— not clearly felt or sensed
Finnish :
epämääräinen
— not clearly felt or sensed
French :
vague
— not clearly felt or sensed
Galician :
vago
— not clearly felt or sensed
Georgian :
გაუგებარი
(gaugebari)
— not clearly felt or sensed
Georgian :
გაურკვეველი
(gaurḳveveli)
— not clearly felt or sensed
German :
leicht
— not clearly felt or sensed
Māori :
hākirikiri
— not clearly felt or sensed
Māori :
hārau
— not clearly felt or sensed
Māori :
hāraurau
— not clearly felt or sensed
Māori :
makaro
— not clearly felt or sensed
Portuguese :
vago
— not clearly felt or sensed
Esperanto :
svaga
— not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely
Finnish :
epäselvä
— not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely
Finnish :
hämärä
— not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely
Galician :
vago
— not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely
Galician :
impreciso
— not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely
Portuguese :
vago
— not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely
Bulgarian :
неясно изразен
(nejasno izrazen)
— lacking expression
Galician :
vago
— lacking expression
Galician :
impreciso
— lacking expression
Portuguese :
vago
— lacking expression
Bulgarian :
размазан
(razmazan)
— not sharply outlined
Esperanto :
svaga
— not sharply outlined
Estonian :
ähmane
— not sharply outlined
Finnish :
epätarkka
— not sharply outlined
Galician :
difuso
— not sharply outlined
Korean :
흐리다
(heurida)
— not sharply outlined
Māori :
makaro
— not sharply outlined
Māori :
mōnehunehu
— not sharply outlined
Māori :
whekowheko
— not sharply outlined
Portuguese :
vago
— not sharply outlined
Spanish :
difuminado
— not sharply outlined
Spanish :
esfuminado
— not sharply outlined
Spanish :
difumado
— not sharply outlined
Ukrainian :
нея́сни́й
(nejásnýj)
— not sharply outlined
