ABSTRUSEST Synonyms

• complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts

• a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts

• a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

• (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior

• a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

• difficult to analyze or understand

• of an obscure nature

• having a secret or hidden meaning

• having a puzzling terseness

• not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

• hard to control

• not clear to the understanding

• resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought

• confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle

• of an obscure nature

• not clearly expressed or understood

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• difficult to find

• not famous or acclaimed

• not drawing attention

• remote and separate physically or socially

• make less visible or unclear

• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

• make unintelligible or unclear

• reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge