Definitions for nebulous

Overview of adj nebulous

The adj nebulous has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) cloudy, nebulose, nebulous

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

2. nebular, nebulous

(of or relating to or resembling a nebula; "the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system")

3. nebulous, unfixed

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