nebulous

neb·u·lous  (nby-ls)

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 nebulsus, from nebula, cloud; see nebh- in Indo-European roots.]

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nebu·lous·ly adv.

nebu·lous·ness n.

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nebulous [ˈnɛbjʊləs]

adj

1. lacking definite form, shape, or content; vague or amorphous nebulous reasons

2. (Astronomy) of, characteristic of, or resembling a nebula

3. Rare misty or hazy

nebulously  adv

nebulousness  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, nebulose indistinct - 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" nebular astronomy, 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 Austen unfixed indefinite - 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"

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nebulous

adjective

1. 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.

Translations

nebulous [ˈnebjʊləs] ADJ (fig) → vago, nebuloso

nebulous [ˈnɛbjʊləs] adj → nébuleux/euse

nebulous

adj

(Astron) → nebelartig

(fig) → unklar, verworren, nebulös

nebulous [ˈnɛbjʊləs] adj → nebuloso/a (fig) → nebuloso/a, vago/a