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  • 71obscur — obscur, ure [ ɔpskyr ] adj. • XIIe; lat. obscurus I ♦ 1 ♦ Qui est privé (momentanément ou habituellement) de lumière. ⇒ enténébré, noir, sombre. « Nuit sans étoiles, nuit obscure ! » (Baudelaire). « une de ces cours obscures où le soleil ne… …

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  • 72sourd — sourd, sourde [ sur, surd ] adj. et n. • XIIIe; surt fin XIe; lat. surdus I ♦ 1 ♦ Qui perçoit mal les sons ou ne les perçoit pas du tout. ⇒Fam. sourdingue. « Ce bruit me rendit non tout à …

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  • 73confuse — ● confus, confuse adjectif (latin confusus, de confundere, mélanger) Dont les éléments sont mal distincts ; désordonné, indistinct : Une rumeur confuse. Qui se manifeste à l esprit, aux sens, sans grande netteté, qu on a du mal à analyser, à… …

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  • 74inarticulate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. voiceless, speechless, mute, stammering; unexpressed, unspoken, indistinct; unjointed. See silence, disjunction, stammering, unintelligibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Mute] Syn. reticent,… …

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  • 75indefinite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unclear, undefined, blurred; vague, uncertain, unspecified; indeterminate; equivocal. See obscurity, doubt. Ant., definite, precise. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Vague] Syn. imprecise, indistinct,… …

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  • 76nebulous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. nebular; cloudy, hazy; amorphous, indistinct, unclear, confused, vague, turbid. See dimness, formlessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. indistinct, dim, vague; see dark 1 , hazy 1 , obscure 1 , 3 .… …

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  • 77vague — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unclear, blurred, blurry; amorphous, shapeless; undefined, uncertain, indistinct, inexact, indefinite, obscure. See formlessness, obscurity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not clearly expressed] Syn.… …

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  • 78cloudy — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Hazy] Syn. overcast, lowering, leaden, threatening; see dark 1 , hazy 1 . 2. [Not clear] Syn. dense, murky, nontransparent, nontranslucent; see opaque 1 . 3. [Obscure] Syn. vague, indistinct, indefinite, unclear; see… …

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  • 79dim — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. faint, dusky, shadowy; see dark 1 . See Synonym Study at dark . • take a dim view of, Syn. suspect, disapprove, be skeptical about; see doubt 2 , oppose 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. poorly lit faint, dusky,… …

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  • 80hazy — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Obscured to the sight] Syn. cloudy, foggy, smoggy, murky, misty, unclear, overcast, steaming, screened, fuliginous, fumy, rimy, filmy, gauzy, vaporous, smoky, dim, dull, indistinct, nebulous, spraylike, shadowy, dusky,… …

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