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1. (adj.) nebulous
hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused.
2. nebulous
cloudy or cloudlike.
3. nebulous
of or resembling a nebula or nebulae; nebular.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L nebulōsus full of mist, foggy, cloudy. See nebula , -ous)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) cloudy, nebulose, nebulous
lacking definite form or limits
"gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"
2. (adj) nebular, nebulous
of or relating to or resembling a nebula
"the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system"
3. (adj) nebulous, unfixed
lacking definition or definite content
"nebulous reasons"; "unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be"- Jane Austen
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1. (adj) nebulous
cloudy; hazy; misty
2. (adj) nebulous
of, pertaining to, or having the appearance of, a nebula; nebular; cloudlike
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