vague: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words

Suffixes of vague

  • vaguely
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    vaguely

    • adverb in a vague way
      mistily.
      • he looked vaguely familiar
      • he explained it somewhat mistily
  • vagueness
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    vagueness

    • noun unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning
      • the Conservative manifesto is a model of vagueness
      • these terms were used with a vagueness that suggested little or no thought about what each might convey
    • noun indistinctness of shape or character
      • the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner
  • vaguest
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    vague

    • adjective satellite not clearly understood or expressed
      obscure.
      • 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
    • adjective not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
      undefined.
      • an undefined term
      • undefined authority
      • some undefined sense of excitement
      • vague feelings of sadness
      • a vague uneasiness
  • vaguer
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    vague

    • adjective satellite not clearly understood or expressed
      obscure.
      • 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
    • adjective not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
      undefined.
      • an undefined term
      • undefined authority
      • some undefined sense of excitement
      • vague feelings of sadness
      • a vague uneasiness
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    vague

    • adjective satellite not clearly understood or expressed
      obscure.
      • 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
    • adjective not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
      undefined.
      • an undefined term
      • undefined authority
      • some undefined sense of excitement
      • vague feelings of sadness
      • a vague uneasiness

About Prefix and Suffix Words

This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `vague`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.

While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `vague`, some are not.

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