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abstruse

/əbˈstruːs/adjective

उच्चारण अब्स्ट्रूस

गूढ़, दुरूह, समझने में कठिन

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adjective
  1. 1

    formal, often disapproving

    difficult to understand

    गूढ़, दुरूह, समझने में कठिन

    • The professor's lecture on quantum physics was too abstruse for first-year students.
    • an abstruse argument that only a few philosophers could follow
    • The book is full of abstruse theories that few can follow.
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    • He gave an abstruse explanation that confused everyone.
    • Her ideas are interesting but too abstruse for a school textbook.

    Synonyms obscure recondite esoteric

    Opposite clear simple straightforward

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abstrusely adv.abstruseness noun
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ab·struse

?Which word?

Do not confuse with abstract (existing in thought, not physical) or obtuse (slow to understand).

इसे abstract (अमूर्त) और obtuse (समझने में धीमा) से भ्रमित न करें।