Indistinct
[ɪndɪ'stɪŋkt] or [,ɪndɪ'stɪŋkt]
Definition
(adj.) not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; 'indistinct shapes in the gloom'; 'an indistinct memory'; 'only indistinct notions of what to do' .
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Definition
(a.) Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct parts of a substance.
(a.) Obscure to the mind or senses; not clear; not definite; confused; imperfect; faint; as, indistinct vision; an indistinct sound; an indistinct idea or recollection.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Indeterminate, undefined, indefinite, undistinguishable, confused, not distinct.[2]. Obscure, dim, vague, imperfect, faint, not clear.[3]. Ambiguous, uncertain, doubtful.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Indiscriminate, ambiguous, imperfect, uncertain., #N/A,[See _DISTINCT]
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Definition
adj. not plainly marked: confused: not clear to the mind: dim imperfect as of the senses.—adj. Indistinct′ive not capable of making distinctions.—n. Indistinct′iveness.—adv. Indistinct′ly.—ns. Indistinct′ness Indistinc′tion confusion: absence of distinction sameness.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
If in your dreams you see objects indistinctly, it portends unfaithfulness in friendships, and uncertain dealings.
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Examples
- His speech had been whispered, broken, and indistinct; but by a great effort he had made it plain enough to be unmistakeable. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn, an indistinct form against the dark street now dotted with lamps, looms in my Lady's view, bigger and blacker than before. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Two or three times, by the way, I thought I observed in the indistinct light the skirts of a female figure going up before us. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The air in sultry weather, though not cloudy, has a kind of haziness in it, which makes objects at a distance appear dull and indistinct. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Indistinct visions of rook-pie floated through his imagination. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There was an indistinct talk of its being wet. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The two measured each other for a moment, but Lily still saw her opponent through a blur of scorn that made all other considerations indistinct. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- As I went up to my airy old room, the grave shadow of the staircase seemed to fall upon my doubts and fears, and to make the past more indistinct. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Charley's only utterance was a feeble, indistinct sound. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Maria's notions on the subject were more confused and indistinct. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She made no answer, and he sat in silence, watching her profile grow indistinct against the snow-streaked dusk beyond the window. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I had vague, indistinct yearnings to be a sort of emancipator,--to free my native land from this spot and stain. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- At length, by slow degrees, they became indistinct and mingled. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Has an indistinct impression of his aristocratic repute. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- No wonder, then, that his work too is an indistinct expression of truth. Plato. The Republic.
- I have but an indistinct idea of what happened for some time after this baleful object presented itself to my view. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The last form neither augments nor diminishes visible objects; the concave diminishes them, the convex increases them, but both show them blurred and indistinct. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- She did not take any notice of the wavering, indistinct, lambent Birkin, who stood at his side. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Hardly relying on my own interpretation of the indistinct sounds he made, I caused Lizzie to hear them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original ?ra of my being: all the events of that period appear confused and indistinct. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I have an indistinct remembrance that he was very affectionate. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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