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elusive synonyms
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- clear as dishwater
- cryptic
- doubtful
- dubious
- enigmatic
- enigmatical
- equivocal
- inconclusive
- abstruse
- bewildering
- beyond one
- confusing
- difficult to understand
- enigmatic
- hard to understand
- incomprehensible
- careful
- circumspect
- crafty
- cunning
- leery
- secretive
- shrewd
- sly
- artful
- astucious
- astute
- beguiling
- clandestine
- counterfeit
- crafty
- cunning
- ambiguous
- astucious
- beguiling
- bum
- catchy
- crafty
- cunning
- deceitful
- ambiguous
- baffling
- cagey
- deceitful
- deceptive
- elusory
- equivocal
- evanescent
- ambiguous
- baffling
- cagey
- deceitful
- deceptive
- difficult to catch
- equivocal
- evanescent
- ambiguous
- ambivalent
- amphibological
- borderline
- clear as mud
- clouded
- disreputable
- dubious
- brief
- disappearing
- fading
- fleeting
- momentary
- passing
- short-lived
- temporary
- beguiling
- deceiving
- deceptive
- deluding
- delusive
- delusory
- erroneous
- fictitious
- cursory
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fading
- flash in the pan
- flitting
- flying
- fugacious
- bamboozling
- counterfeit
- crafty
- criminal
- crooked
- deceitful
- devious
- dishonest
- brief
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fleeting
- impermanent
- momentary
- passing
- short-lived
- avoiding
- brief
- criminal
- elusive
- ephemeral
- errant
- erratic
- escaping
- anointed
- creamy
- daubed
- fatty
- lubricated
- lubricious
- oleaginous
- pomaded
- Barmecidal
- apparent
- blue sky
- chimerical
- deceitful
- delusive
- delusory
- fallacious
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fine
- gradual
- impalpable
- inappreciable
- inaudible
- inconsiderable
- Delphic
- Greek
- baffling
- beats me
- beyond comprehension
- beyond one's grasp
- clear as mud
- cryptic
- abominable
- alarming
- appalling
- atrocious
- awful
- beastly
- beyond words
- calamitous
- aerial
- airy
- chimerical
- decrepit
- ephemeral
- false
- fanciful
- feeble
- abstract
- abstruse
- airy
- dim
- eluding
- elusive
- ethereal
- evading
- ambiguous
- beguiling
- bewildering
- casuistical
- catchy
- confounding
- deceitful
- deceiving
- abstruse
- acroamatic
- arcane
- cabalistic
- concealed
- deep
- eerie
- esoteric
- apparition
- chimera
- daydream
- delusion
- dream
- eidolon
- figment
- hallucination
- abstruse
- ambiguous
- baffling
- bewildering
- beyond one
- difficult
- enigmatic
- hard
- cagey
- collusive
- conniving
- contriving
- crafty
- crooked
- cunning
- devious
- afraid
- apprehensive
- averse
- backward
- bashful
- cautious
- chary
- circumspect
- glacé
- glassy
- glazed
- glistening
- greasy
- icy
- like a skating rink
- lubricious
- filibuster
- rebuff
- resist
- stall
- attenuate
- attenuated
- deep
- discriminating
- ethereal
- exquisite
- faint
- fine
- brief
- changeable
- deciduous
- emigrating
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- flash
- fleeting
- impermanent
- momentary
- temporal
- transient
- catchy
- complex
- critical
- delicate
- intricate
- involved
- knotty
- perplexing
- ambiguous
- baffling
- cagey
- deceitful
- deceptive
- difficult to catch
- elusory
- equivocal
- airy
- buoyant
- capricious
- effervescent
- elastic
- elusive
- ephemeral
- erratic
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