nebulousness
21uncertainty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. incertitude, doubt. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The mental state of being uncertain] Syn. perplexity, doubt, dubiety, dubiosity, skepticism, puzzlement, quandary, mystification, guesswork, conjecture,… …
22ambiguity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. doubtfulness, incertitude, vagueness, double meaning; see uncertainty 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality or state of being ambiguous: ambiguousness, cloudiness, equivocalness, indefiniteness, nebulousness,… …
23vagueness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. imprecision, ambiguity, obscurity, double entendre; see confusion 2 , uncertainty 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being ambiguous: ambiguity, ambiguousness, cloudiness, equivo calness,… …
24ambiguousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being ambiguous: ambiguity, cloudiness, equivocalness, indefiniteness, nebulousness, obscureness, obscurity, uncertainty, unclearness, vagueness. See CLEAR …
25equivocalness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being ambiguous: ambiguity, ambiguousness, cloudiness, indefi niteness, nebulousness, obscureness, obscurity, uncertainty, unclearness, vagueness. See CLEAR …
26indefiniteness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being ambiguous: ambiguity, ambiguousness, cloudiness, equivo calness, nebulousness, obscureness, obscurity, uncertainty, unclearness, vagueness. See CLEAR …
27obscureness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Absence or deficiency of light: dark, darkness, dimness, duskiness, murkiness, obscurity. See LIGHT. 2. The quality or state of being ambiguous: ambiguity, ambiguousness, cloudiness, equivocalness, indefiniteness,… …
28unclearness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being ambiguous: ambiguity, ambiguousness, cloudiness, equivo calness, indefiniteness, nebulousness, obscureness, obscurity, uncertainty, vagueness. See CLEAR …
29nebulous — (adj.) late 14c., cloudy, misty, from L. nebulosus cloudy, misty, foggy, full of vapor, from nebula (see NEBULA (Cf. nebula)). The figurative sense of hazy, vague, formless is first attested 1831. Astronomical sense is from 1670s. Related:… …
30nebulous — [ nɛbjʊləs] adjective 1》 in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy. 2》 (of a concept or idea) vague or ill defined. 3》 Astronomy relating to a nebula or nebulae. Derivatives nebulosity noun nebulously adverb nebulousness noun …
