What does elusive mean in English? Meaning of elusive definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "elusive": difficult to describe
Adjective
Meaning: difficult to describeExample: a haunting elusive odorSynonyms: elusiveSimilar: unidentifiableMeaning of "elusive": skillful at eluding capture
Adjective
Meaning: skillful at eluding captureExample: a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterroristSynonyms: elusiveSimilar: artfulMeaning of "elusive": difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
Adjective
Meaning: difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyzeExample: his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
a subtle difference
that elusive thing the soulSynonyms: elusive
subtleSimilar: impalpableMeaning of "elusive": making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
Adjective
Meaning: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believeExample: a baffling problem
I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
a problematic situation at homeSynonyms: baffling
elusive
knotty
problematic
problematical
toughSimilar: difficult
hardAdjective: Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance. The elusive criminal was arrested 1910, Jack London, chapter 6, Lost Face[1]: Charley chased the elusive idea through all the nooks and crannies of his drowning consciousness.1910, Jack London, chapter 6, Lost Face[1]: Charley chased the elusive idea through all the nooks and crannies of his drowning consciousness.Rarely seen. 2002, Scott Roederer, Birding: Rocky Mountain National Park, page 93: While you're sniffing the trunks of the ponderosas to see if they're butterscotch, vanilla, strawberry, or the elusive chocolate variety, watch for Brown Creepers, an elusive variety of bird.2002, Scott Roederer, Birding: Rocky Mountain National Park, page 93: While you're sniffing the trunks of the ponderosas to see if they're butterscotch, vanilla, strawberry, or the elusive chocolate variety, watch for Brown Creepers, an elusive variety of bird.(Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Difficult to describe. A precise definition of diarrhea is elusive (Robbin's pathology, 8th ed)Synonyms:
tricky, ambiguous, volatile, fleeting, puzzling, illusory, slippery, subtle, incomprehensible, baffling, cagey, deceitful, deceptive, equivocal, evanescent, fallacious, fraudulent, fugitive, greasy, insubstantial, intangible, misleading, occult, phantom, shifty, shy, transient, transitory, fugacious, imponderable, indefinable, difficult to catch, elusory, stonewalling, unspecific,
Antonyms:
honest, stable, intelligible, confronting, enticing, inviting, definite, understandable, attracting, encountering, facing,
