as in ambiguous
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning
a fuliginous prose style that's not exactly ideal for writing for the mass media
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fuliginous
Adjective
-
Their reasoning is ambiguous and the move is likely to put moderate Republicans facing reelection in swing districts in an uncomfortable position.—
Lee Hamilton,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025 -
Executive orders have nearly always been legally ambiguous.—
Meredith Conroy,
ABC News,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
-
Last night, scientists began to hear cryptic and foreboding warnings from colleagues: Go to the CDC website, and download your data now.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2025
-
Despite a cryptic teaser earlier this week, Jake Paul and Logan Paul will not face off against each other in the ring.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
The show’s recently released second and, sadly, final season raises the stakes of his misadventures, taking darker turns but abandoning neither the absurd humor nor the glimpses of beauty that add dimensions to Amer’s quintessentially American, Palestinian-refugee story.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
3 Feb. 2025
-
But on Monday, just two days after the agency's website went dark and amid days of speculation about its future, the USAID headquarters in Washington had been shut down and employees had been instructed not to return to work, according to reports from the BBC, The Associated Press and Reuters.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
-
This obscure economics concept shows a profitable path forward even though our competitors are drastically undercutting us.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
4 Feb. 2025
-
Radio Paradise also offers extensive biographies of artists both famous and obscure.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
-
Healy Lake members have long considered their dogs to be mystic companions, according to Combs.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
4 Dec. 2024
-
But there is also the slow minimalism of Morton Feldman and the manic yet patient seeking of Italy’s mystic count Giacinto Scelsi, in the twentieth century.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
Iris, played by Heretic and Yellowjackets star Sophie Thatcher, is a gorgeous yet enigmatic young woman who looks something like Zooey Deschanel in her New Girl years but without her happy, slightly thoughtless enthusiasm for life.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
-
The second season takes the series’ tense atmosphere and twisty storyline to the next level, with more enigmatic threats and a psychological game with devastating consequences.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
TIME,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
That gusher of findings will include new observations of exoplanets—or planets orbiting other stars; new surveys of the structure of the Milky Way; and new studies of dark energy, the mysterious, invisible force that causes the universe to expand continuously at an ever-accelerating rate.—
Jeffrey Kluger/Greenbelt,
TIME,
8 Feb. 2025
-
Beyond mysterious Gathering new data about Venus is vital, Garvin pointed out, so that the next wave of exploration is grounded in what must be done first as scientists attempt to further reveal our sister world.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
-
But details around the torrenting were murky until yesterday, when Meta's unredacted emails were made public for the first time.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
6 Feb. 2025
-
Indeed, local real estate agents provide a murky picture of whether that influx is really materializing.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Feb. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Thesaurus Entries Near fuliginous
Cite this Entry
“Fuliginous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fuliginous. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share