Ambiguous
Ambiguous adjective - Having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning.
Usage example: the exact reason for the change in plans is ambiguous, but I suspect it has something to do with money
Esoteric and ambiguous are semantically related in unclear topic. In some cases you can use "Esoteric" instead an adjective "Ambiguous", when it comes to topics like enigmatic.
Nearby Words: ambiguity, ambiguously
Esoteric
Esoteric adjective - Difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand.
Usage example: metaphysics is such an esoteric subject that most people are content to leave it to the philosophers
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- deep and ambiguous
- deep and esoteric
- abstruse and ambiguous
- abstruse and esoteric
- unfathomable and ambiguous
- unfathomable and esoteric
- obscure and ambiguous
- obscure and esoteric
- unclear and ambiguous
- unclear and esoteric
- doubtful and ambiguous
- doubtful and esoteric
- cryptic and ambiguous
- cryptic and esoteric
Both words in one sentence
- Contrast Happy Ending and Downer Ending, where the conclusion is obvious, Bittersweet Ending, which is ambiguous about the happiness of the resolution, but not on the events themselves, and Esoteric Happy Ending, which is ostensibly happy until the audience actually thinks about it.
Source: Ambiguous Ending
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