Abstruse
/əbˈstruːs/
EN
Difficult to understand, grasp, or comprehend; usually referring to complex ideas, theories or writing.
Many first-year physics students find quantum mechanics abstruse and hard to follow.
Etymology
Derived from Latin 'abstrusus', the past participle of 'abstrudere' meaning 'to push away', from 'ab-' ('away') + 'trudere' ('to push'). It entered English in the late 16th century with the meaning 'hidden, concealed', shifting to the modern sense 'hard to understand' by the 17th century.
Translations
简体中文
深奥的,难懂的
繁體中文
深奧的,難懂的
日本語
深奥な,理解しがたい
한국어
이해하기 어려운,심오한
Deutsch
schwer verständlich,abstrus
Español
abstruso,difícil de entender
Português
abstruso,difícil de compreender
Français
abstrus,difficile à comprendre
Català
abstrús,difícil d'entendre
Tiếng Việt
sâu sắc,khó hiểu
Collocations
abstruse theoryabstruse conceptsabstruse reasoningabstruse mathematics
Synonyms
obscurearcaneesotericreconditecomplex
Antonyms
obviousclearsimplestraightforwardunderstandable