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Definition of 'elusive'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) elusive
eluding one's clear perception; hard to express or define.

2. elusive
skillfully evasive.

Etymology: (1710–20; elus (ion ) + -ive)

Definition of 'elusive'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) elusive
difficult to describe
"a haunting elusive odor"

2. (adj) elusive
skillful at eluding capture
"a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline

3. (adj) elusive, subtle
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
"his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"

4. (adj) baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
"a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"

Definition of 'elusive'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) elusive
tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious

Translation of 'elusive'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: escaping or vanishing, often or cleverly an elusive criminal.
Afrikaans: ontsnap	Arabic: مُتَمَلِّص، لا يَصْعُب فَ	Bulgarian: неуловим
Brazilian: ardiloso	Czech: nepolapitelný; prchavý	German: schwer faßbar
Danish: svær at holde fast	Greek: φευγαλέος, που εξαφανίζετ	Spanish: esquivo
Estonian: tabamatu	Farsi: گریزان؛ گریزپا	Finnish: saavuttamaton
French: insaisissable	Hebrew: מִשתָמֵט, מִתחַמֵק	Hindi: भ्रान्तिजनक
Croatian: koji izmiče, varav	Hungarian: nehezen megfogható	Indonesian: sulit ditangkap
Icelandic: sem erfitt er að henda re	Italian: elusivo, inafferrabile	Japanese: 捕えにくい
Korean: 파악하기 어려운	Lithuanian: nepagaunamas	Latvian: nenotverams; izvairīgs; g
Malay: sulit ditangkap	Dutch: ongrijpbaar	Norwegian: unnvikende, forsvinnende,
Polish: wymykający się	Persian: گریزان؛ گریزپا	Pashto: غولوونكى، تيرايستونكى، هك
Portuguese: ardiloso	Romanian: care nu poate fi prins	Russian: неуловимый
Slovak: nepolapiteľný	Slovenian: uhajajoč	Serbian: neobjašnjiv
Swedish: svår (omöjlig) att få tag	Thai: หลบเลี่ยงอย่างแกมโกง	Turkish: kaypak, ele geçmez
Taiwanese: 躲避的	Ukrainian: ухильний; невловимий	Urdu: مشکل الحصول
Vietnamese: trốn tránh	Chinese: 躲避的
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