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nebulousness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of nebulousness

the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning

the nebulousness of the imagery in his poetry seems to be part of its attraction to some readers

Synonyms for nebulousness

ambiguity,
ambiguousness,
darkness,
equivocalness,
equivocation,
inscrutability,
inscrutableness,
murkiness,
mysteriousness,
nebulosity,
obliqueness,
obliquity,
obscurity,
opacity,
opaqueness

Words Related to nebulousness

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 for nebulousness

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

Antonyms for nebulousness

clarity,
clearness,
obviousness,
plainness

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“Nebulousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nebulousness. Accessed 19 Oct. 2021.

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