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elusive


adjective
1. difficult to describe (Freq. 1)
- a haunting elusive odor
Similar to:
unidentifiable
Derivationally related forms:
elude, elusiveness
2. skillful at eluding capture (Freq. 1)
- "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline
Similar to:
artful
Derivationally related forms:
elude, elusiveness
3. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
- his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
- a subtle difference
- that elusive thing the soul
Syn:
subtle
Similar to:
impalpable
Derivationally related forms:
elude, elusiveness
4. making great mental demands;
hard to comprehend or solve or believe
- a baffling problem
- I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
- a problematic situation at home
Syn:
baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
Similar to:
difficult, hard
Derivationally related forms:
toughness (for: tough), problem (for: problematical), problem (for: problematic), knottiness (for: knotty)

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