Sekirov Dictionary

vague

/veɪɡ/

adjective 8
verb 3
noun 2
forms 5

adjective8

Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
Not having a precise meaning.
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Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.
- only a vague notion of what’s needed
- I haven’t the vaguest idea.
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Not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.
- ⁠For though my nature rarely yields ⁠To that vague fear implied in death; ⁠Nor shudders at the gulfs beneath, The howlings from forgotten fields; […] — 1850
Not sharply outlined; hazy.
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Not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely.
- Waxed-fleshed out-patients / Still vague from accidents, / And characters in long coats / Deep in the litter-baskets […] — 1962
Lacking expression; vacant.
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Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
- The Lord Gray incourag'd his men to set sharply upon the vague villains — 1630

verb3

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To become vague or act in a vague manner.
- Vaguely, yes. I've vagued all my life; that's been my curse. — 1894
(Internet) To make vague negative comments publicly; to make highly veiled complaints or insults.
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(no longer used) to wander; to roam; to stray.
- [The soul] doth vague and wander. — 1603

noun2

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An indefinite expanse.
- The gray vague of unsympathizing sea / That dragged his fancy from her moorings back / To shores inhospitable of eldest time. — 1869
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(no longer used) A wandering; a vagary.
- [T]he Scots had some leasure to plaie their vagues — 1577

forms

vagued · vaguing · vagues · vaguer · vaguest

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