nebulosity

neb·u·los·i·ty

noun \ˌne-byə-ˈlä-sə-tē\

plural neb·u·los·i·ties

Definition of NEBULOSITY

1

: the quality or state of being nebulous

2

: nebulous matter; also : nebula 1

Examples of NEBULOSITY

1. <the stupefying nebulosity of his philosophical musings>

First Known Use of NEBULOSITY

1833

Related to NEBULOSITY

Synonyms: ambiguity, ambiguousness, darkness, equivocalness, equivocation, inscrutability, inscrutableness, murkiness, mysteriousness, obscurity, nebulousness, obliqueness, obliquity, opacity, opaqueness

Antonyms: clarity, clearness, obviousness, plainness

Related Words: mystery, reconditeness; cloudiness, dimness, faintness, fogginess, fuzziness, haziness, indefiniteness, indistinctness, mistiness, shade, shadow, uncertainty, vagueness; impenetrability, incomprehensibility, incomprehensibleness; circuitousness, circuity, indirectness; deepness, depth, profoundness; abstruseness, abstrusity, complexity, complication, difficulty, obtuseness

Near Antonyms: comprehensibility, intelligibility, legibility; brightness, distinctness, self-evidence; certainty, surety; definiteness, exactness, explicitness, incision, incisiveness, lucidity, lucidness, perspicuity, perspicuousness; directness, forthrightness, openness, straightforwardness; palpability, tangibility, tangibleness, visibility; readability, readableness; obviousness

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