Vague
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

DIM
Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

LAX
Emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"

OBS

4 letters

DULL
Make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"

OPEN
Information that has become public; "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface"

SOFT
(of sound) relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music"

DARK
An unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"

HAZY
Filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning"

5 letters

FOGGY
Obscured by fog; "he could barely see through the fogged window"

FAINT
Lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"

WISPY
Lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"

LOOSE
Become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

FUZZY
Confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out; "a vague and fuzzy idea of the world of finance"

FILMY
So thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"

MISTY
Wet with mist; "the misty evening"

SLACK
A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

MUDDY
Dirty with mud

WORDY
Using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"

BLANK
A blank gap or missing part

ROUGH
Of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

SHADY
Filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"

6 letters

OPAQUE
Not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays"

CLOUDY
Lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"

GUSSED

SECRET
Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"

UNSURE
Lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance; "uncertain of his convictions"; "unsure of himself and his future"; "moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps"; "an uncertain smile"; "touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers"

WOOLLY
Confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"

DEFUSE
Remove the triggering device from

BLEARY
Tired to the point of exhaustion

DREAMY
Dreamy in mood or nature; "a woolgathering moment"

7 letters

INEXACT
Not exact

SHADOWY
Filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"

UNCLEAR
Not easily deciphered; "indecipherable handwriting"

SKETCHY
Giving only major points; lacking completeness; "a sketchy account"; "details of the plan remain sketchy"

OBSCURE
Reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

GENERAL
A fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he discussed the general but neglected the particular"

BLURRED
Unclear in form or expression; "the blurred aims of the group"; "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded"- H.G.Wells

NOTSURE

DARKISH
Slightly dark; "darkish red"

OBLIQUE
A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso

UNKNOWN
Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

EVASIVE
Deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"

NEBULAR
Resembling a cloud

NEUTRAL
One who does not side with any party in a war or dispute

DUBIOUS
Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go"

CRYPTIC
Having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note"

USELESS
Having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully; "a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"

8 letters

ILLUSORY
Based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy"

DOUBTFUL
Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go"

STRAYING
Unable to find your way; "found the straying sheep"

ABSTRUSE
Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"

PUZZLING
Lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity; "sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement"

FORMLESS
Having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm"

CONFUSED
Mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"

NEBULOUS

UNSHAPED
Incompletely or imperfectly shaped; "unshaped dough"; "unshaped timbers"

INSECURE
Lacking self-confidence or assurance; "an insecure person lacking mental stability"

NOTLIGHT

ORACULAR
Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile"

INDIRECT
Extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow"

NEBULOUS
Lacking definition or definite content; "nebulous reasons"; "unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be"- Jane Austen

NAMELESS
Being or having an unknown or unnamed source; "a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor"

9 letters

UNDEFINED
Not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness"

IMPRECISE
Not precise; "imprecise astronomical observations"; "the terms he used were imprecise and emotional"

AMBIGUOUS
Having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"

DREAMLIKE
Resembling a dream; "night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality"; "as irrational and surreal as a dream"

IMBIGUOUS

UNDECIDED
Characterized by indecision; "some who had been on the fence came out in favor of the plan"; "too many voters still declare they are undecided"

TENEBROUS
Dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave"

PROPHETIC
Foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"

AMORPHOUS
Having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm"

DECEITFUL
Intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"

EQUIVOCAL
Open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson

SKEPTICAL
Denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion; "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles"

UNCERTAIN
Not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown; "an uncertain future"; "a manuscript of uncertain origin"; "plans are still uncertain"; "changes of great if uncertain consequences"; "without further evidence his story must remain uncertain"

UNFOCUSED
Not concentrated at one point or upon one objective; "diversity...in our huge unfocused country"- Owen Wister

DEBATABLE
Open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic"

DIFFICULT
Hard to control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"

SHAPELESS
Having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm"

NEGLIGENT
Characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence"

FACTIONAL

ENIGMATIC
Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile"

POINTLESS
Not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless"

UNSETTLED
Not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle"

10 letters

PERPLEXING
Lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity; "sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement"

RIDICULOUS
Incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"

INTANGIBLE
Assets that are saleable though not material or physical

INCOMPLETE
Not yet finished; "his thesis is still incomplete"; "an uncompleted play"

ILLDEFINED

IMPALPABLE
Imperceptible to the senses or the mind; "an impalpable cloud"; "impalpable shadows"; "impalpable distinctions"; "as impalpable as a dream"

INDECISIVE
Not clearly defined; "indecisive boundaries running through mountains"

UNEXPLICIT

UNSPECIFIC
Not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"

INDISTINCT
Not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"

INDEFINITE
Vague or not clearly defined or stated; "must you be so indefinite?"; "amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges"; "he would not answer so indefinite a proposal"

11 letters

GENERALIZED
Not biologically differentiated or adapted to a specific function or environment; "the hedgehog is a primitive and generalized mammal"

DISINCLINED
Unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval; "disinclined to say anything to anybody"

SUPERFICIAL
Of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"

PROBLEMATIC
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"

UNSPECIFIED
Not stated explicitly or in detail; "threatened unspecified reprisals"