'Vague' definitions:
Definition of 'vague'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke [syn: obscure, vague]
adjective
Not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness" [syn: undefined, vague] [ant: defined]
adjective
Definition of 'Vague'
From: GCIDE
- Vague \Vague\ (v[=a]g), a. [Compar. Vaguer (v[=a]g"[~e]r); superl. Vaguest.] [F. vague, or L. vagus. See Vague, v. i.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic] "To set upon the vague villains." --Hayward. [1913 Webster]
- She danced along with vague, regardless eyes. --Keats. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition. [1913 Webster]
- This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report. [1913 Webster]
- Some legend strange and vague. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous; hazy; loose; lax; uncertain. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vague'
From: GCIDE
- Vague \Vague\, n. [Cf. F. vague.] An indefinite expanse. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- The gray vague of unsympathizing sea. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vague'
From: GCIDE
- Vague \Vague\, v. i. [F. vaguer, L. vagari, fr. vagus roaming.] To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obs.] "[The soul] doth vague and wander." --Holland. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vague'
From: GCIDE
- Vague \Vague\, n. A wandering; a vagary. [Obs.] --Holinshed. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vague'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- aimless,
- airy,
- aleatoric,
- aleatory,
- ambiguous,
- amorphic,
- amorphous,
- amphibological,
- anarchic,
- attenuate,
- attenuated,
- baggy,
- bland,
- blank,
- blear,
- bleared,
- bleary,
- blind,
- blobby,
- blurred,
- blurry,
- boyish,
- broad,
- capricious,
- casual,
- chance,
- chancy,
- chaotic,
- characterless,
- clear as mud,
- clouded,
- cloudy,
- collective,
- concealed,
- confused,
- dark,
- delicate,
- desultory,
- diaphanous,
- diluted,
- dim,
- disarticulated,
- discontinuous,
- disjunct,
- disordered,
- disorderly,
- dispersed,
- disproportionate,
- doubtful,
- dreamlike,
- dreamy,
- dull,
- empty,
- equivocal,
- erratic,
- ethereal,
- expressionless,
- faint,
- featureless,
- feeble,
- filmy,
- fine,
- fine-drawn,
- finespun,
- fitful,
- flimsy,
- foggy,
- formless,
- frail,
- frivolous,
- fuzzy,
- gauzy,
- general,
- generalized,
- generic,
- girlish,
- gossamer,
- gracile,
- gratuitous,
- half-seen,
- half-visible,
- haphazard,
- hazy,
- hidden,
- hit-or-miss,
- ill-defined,
- immethodical,
- imprecise,
- in doubt,
- inaccurate,
- inchoate,
- incoherent,
- inconspicuous,
- inconstant,
- indecisive,
- indefinable,
- indefinite,
- indeterminable,
- indeterminate,
- indiscriminate,
- indistinct,
- indistinguishable,
- inexact,
- inexplicit,
- inform,
- insubstantial,
- irregular,
- irresolute,
- kaleidoscopic,
- lacy,
- lax,
- light,
- loose,
- low-profile,
- lumpen,
- meaningless,
- merely glimpsed,
- misshapen,
- misty,
- murky,
- mushy,
- nebulous,
- neutral,
- nondescript,
- nonspecific,
- nonsymmetrical,
- nonsystematic,
- nonuniform,
- obscure,
- opaque,
- orderless,
- out of focus,
- pale,
- papery,
- planless,
- promiscuous,
- puzzled,
- random,
- rare,
- rarefied,
- semivisible,
- senseless,
- shadowed forth,
- shadowy,
- shapeless,
- shrouded,
- slender,
- slenderish,
- slight,
- slight-made,
- slim,
- slimmish,
- slinky,
- small,
- spasmodic,
- sporadic,
- stochastic,
- straggling,
- straggly,
- subconscious,
- subliminal,
- subtle,
- svelte,
- sweeping,
- sylphlike,
- systemless,
- tenebrous,
- tenuous,
- thin,
- thin-bodied,
- thin-set,
- thin-spun,
- thinnish,
- threadlike,
- transcendent,
- unarranged,
- uncertain,
- uncharacterized,
- unclassified,
- unclear,
- undecided,
- undefined,
- undestined,
- undetermined,
- undifferentiated,
- undirected,
- unexplained,
- unfixed,
- ungraded,
- unintelligible,
- unjoined,
- unmethodical,
- unordered,
- unorganized,
- unplain,
- unrecognizable,
- unsettled,
- unsorted,
- unspecific,
- unspecified,
- unsubstantial,
- unsymmetrical,
- unsystematic,
- ununiform,
- vacant,
- vacillating,
- vacuous,
- vaporous,
- vapory,
- veiled,
- wandering,
- wasp-waisted,
- watered,
- watered-down,
- watery,
- wavering,
- weak,
- wide,
- willowy,
- wiredrawn,
- wishy-washy,
- wispy