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as in ambiguous
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning
somehow listeners seem to connect with the songwriter, despite his deeply personal, often opaque lyrics
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as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
an opaque remark that seemed to hint that there would be future retaliation
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as in dumb
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
people are sometimes rude to her, but fortunately she's too opaque to realize what's happening
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Recent Examples of opaque
Tucked under the arcade at 49 Marktgasse in Bern’s historic city center is an opaque glass entranceway with a small sign identifying it as a branch of UBS Group AG, one of hundreds across Switzerland.
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Hugo Miller, Bloomberg, 10 Mar. 2026
Locals say the permission process is opaque, and many feel the decision to give them access to their own land is arbitrary.
—Justin Salhani, The Dial, 5 Mar. 2026
The relationship dynamics aren’t opaque or unknowable.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
The pencil skirt also had a semi-sheer mesh fabric, while the bra was opaque.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 4 Mar. 2026
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Hugo Miller, Bloomberg, 10 Mar. 2026
Locals say the permission process is opaque, and many feel the decision to give them access to their own land is arbitrary.
—Justin Salhani, The Dial, 5 Mar. 2026
The relationship dynamics aren’t opaque or unknowable.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
The pencil skirt also had a semi-sheer mesh fabric, while the bra was opaque.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 4 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for opaque
Recent Examples of Synonyms for opaque
Adjective
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Was there any thought of ending there and leaving what happens next ambiguous?—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2026
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But the broader dynamic is less ambiguous.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The title Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen is pretty vague, and the new trailer doesn’t clear much up.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2026
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This implies regime change, yet the administration’s ambitions have in fact been vague and inconsistent.—
Dennis Ross,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Paige is little more than a dumb blonde stereotype, another underwritten female character in Sheridan’s growing oeuvre, but Chapman laces her babyish whining with surprising bite, while showing a knack for physical comedy.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2026
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How did an Ivy League grad from Penn get so dumb?—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The composer behind Euphoria‘s memorable soundtrack called out the HBO show in a scathing and cryptic social media post.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
13 Mar. 2026
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With Liu's rise, her father's story bubbled up in China's social media, though any mention was usually brief and cryptic because the 1989 Tiananmen Movement — generally known as 6-4 for the date of the military crackdown, remains a deeply sensitive political taboo in China 37 years later.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Grab your telescope and look out for a line of faint stars extending diagonally from Gienag above Algorab, which will lead you directly to the patch of sky containing M104!—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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Normally, such events are invisible to telescopes, producing only faint ripples in spacetime.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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Of all the live-action shows made by Adult Swim, Three Busy Debras is the most cartoonish; its world is as elastic and stupid as any Chuck Jones Looney Tunes joint.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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Anyone who says anything else is stupid or lying.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That’s why our testers—spanning a wide range of skin types, ages, and skin concerns—have spent months determining which products actually deliver on their fine-line-smoothing and dark-circle-erasing promises.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
18 Mar. 2026
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The suspect has a dark complexion and was last seen wearing a black T-shirt and blue pants, cops said.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
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They’re typically sourced from Chinese and Russian labs, and even if the compounds are chemically pure, their effects on the human body are hazy and potentially dangerous.—
Joe Wilkins Published Mar 18,
Futurism,
18 Mar. 2026
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This hazy association of racial justice with letting your husband sleep around persists throughout the text.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Opaque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opaque. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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