Confused words. 2014.
obtuse / abstruse — Obtuse means lacking quickness of wit or sensitivity, dull, dense : Brandon is so obtuse he doesn t even know when he is being insulted. Abstruse means too difficult to understand for the average mind : The professor presented an abstruse… … Confused words
uze — abstruse abuse accuse amuse anacruse arquebuse buse cambuse camuse canuse ci incluse cluse confuse contuse cornemuse céruse diffuse désabuse empuse excuse fuse hypoténuse infuses intruse muse méduse obtuse percluse radiodiffuse recluse rediffuse… … Dictionnaire des rimes
geometry — /jee om i tree/, n. 1. the branch of mathematics that deals with the deduction of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, and figures in space from their defining conditions by means of certain assumed properties… … Universalium
Malapropism — A malapropism is an act of misusing or the habitual misuse of similar sounding words, especially with humorous results. An example is Yogi Berra s statement: Texas has a lot of electrical votes, [1] rather than electoral votes . Contents 1… … Wikipedia
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blind — Synonyms and related words: ableptical, abstruse, alibi, amaurotic, ambuscade, ambush, ambushment, amorphous, apology, art, artful dodge, artifice, automatic, awning, back band, backstrap, bag of tricks, bamboozle, bandage, bat, be bright, beach… … Moby Thesaurus
heavy — Synonyms and related words: Herculean, Latinate, OK, Roscius, abeyant, abstruse, abundant, accented, ace high, actor, actress, acute, adamantine, adhesive, aesthetic, aesthetically appealing, alveolar, ample, amylaceous, anesthetized, annoying,… … Moby Thesaurus
opaque — Synonyms and related words: Boeotian, abstruse, adiaphanous, ambiguous, amorphous, amphibological, arcane, asinine, backward, baffling, becloud, beef brained, beef witted, black, blind, blockish, blurred, blurry, bovine, chumpish, clear as mud,… … Moby Thesaurus
opaque — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. obscure, nontransparent (see opacity); stupid, unintelligent; unintelligible, obtuse; dark, dull. See unintelligibility, ignorance, darkness, obscurity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Impervious to… … English dictionary for students
impenetrable — adj 1. impervious, imperviable, impassable, unpassable, inaccessible, unaccessible, jungly, jungled, overgrown; trackless, pathless, wayless, untrodden, Obs. invious. 2. proof, resistant, tight, snug, compact, hermetic, hermetically sealed;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
