Arcane
Arcane adjective - Difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand.
Usage example: grammatical rules that seem arcane to generations of students who were never taught grammar in the first place
Perplexing and arcane are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perplexing" instead an adjective "Arcane".
Perplexing
Perplexing adjective - Lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity.
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Synonyms for Perplexing
Arcane and perplexing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Arcane" instead an adjective "Perplexing".
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Related pairs
- complex and arcane
- complex and perplexing
- difficult and arcane
- difficult and perplexing
- abstruse and arcane
- abstruse and perplexing
- obscure and arcane
- obscure and perplexing
- cryptic and arcane
- cryptic and perplexing
- esoteric and arcane
- esoteric and perplexing
- complicated and arcane
- complicated and perplexing
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