English adjective: abstruse | |||
| 1. | abstruse difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | ||
| Samples | The professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them. A deep metaphysical theory. Some recondite problem in historiography. | ||
| Synonyms | deep, recondite | ||
| Similar | esoteric | ||
| Antonyms | exoteric | ||