nebulous (redirected from nebulousness)

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

Adjective

vague and unclear: a nebulous concept

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

2. (Rare) obscure, vague, dim, murky, shadowy, cloudy, misty, hazy, amorphous, indeterminate, shapeless, indistinct, unformed

Translations

nebulous [ˈnɛbjuləs] adj (fig) → vago, confuso

nebulous [ˈnɛbjuləs] adj → nébuleux/euse

nebulous [ˈnɛbjuləs] adj → vage, unklar

nebulous [ˈnɛbjuləs] adj → nebuloso/a;

(fig) → vago/a