nebulous
adjEtymology
From Middle English, from Middle French nebuleus, from Latin nebulōsus (“full of mist, foggy, cloudy”), from nebula (“mist, vapour, cloud”), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud, vapor, fog, moist, sky”). Cognates *Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos, “cloud”) *German Nebel **Old High German nebul (“cloud, fog”) *Old English nifol, neowol (“dark, gloomy, obscure, precipitous, prone”) by surface analysis, nebula + -ous. More at neveling, nuel.
Definitions
In the form of a cloud or haze
In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
- An electric lantern flashed out and centred its circle of brilliance on the stairs opposite. Its radiance pierced the nebulous balloon of violet smoke that was rising to the roof and brought out every detail of the wall beyond.
Vague or ill-defined.
- The mothers in NaturalMoms discussed nebulous fears about potential harms from vaccines and their distrust of the medical professionals who promoted a universal immunization schedule.
Relating to a nebula or nebulae.
The neighborhood
- synonymcloudish
- synonymcloudlike
- synonymcloudly
- synonymcloudy
- synonymfoggy
- synonymfoglike
- synonymfumid
- synonymhazed
- synonymhazy
- synonyminfumated
- synonymmistlike
- synonymmisty
- antonymclear
- antonymnoncloudy
- antonymunclouded
- antonymuncloudy
- antonymunnebulous
- neighbornebula
- neighbornebular
- neighbornebulosity
- neighborinenubilable
- neighborinsubstantial
- neighborobscure
- neighborcloud
- neighborgaseous
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nebulous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA