indistinct
Not clear enough to see or hear properly.
indistinct in a sentence
- Through the fog, the lighthouse was an indistinct grey smudge.
- The words on the ancient coin were so worn that they had become indistinct.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to indistinct?
- Aclear
- Bsharp
- Cblurry
- Dplain
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C: blurry. The other three mean the opposite of indistinct.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to indistinct?
- Afaint
- Bclear
- Cblurry
- Dfuzzy
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B: clear. The other three mean nearly the same as indistinct.
Words that mean something similar
blurry, fuzzy, faint
Words that mean the opposite
clear, sharp, plain
More words about light & dark
- inferno: A huge, fierce fire that is out of control.
- kindle: To start a fire, or to stir up a feeling.
- luminous: Giving off light, or glowing brightly.
- mellow: Soft, gentle and relaxed.
- murky: Dark, dirty and hard to see through.
- ominous: Giving you a worrying feeling that something bad is about to happen.
- opaque: Impossible to see through.
- phantom: A ghost, or something that seems real but is not.
More words to explore
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