Associations to the word «Elusive»
Noun
- Faint
- Avenger
- Scent
- Quest
- Ripper
- Phantom
- Easterly
- Median
- Alchemist
- Grasp
- Colonialism
- Glimpse
- Tropic
- Filly
- Np
- Search
- Grail
- Aroma
- Fugitive
- Carey
- Cinder
- Butterfly
- Serial
- Sighting
- Squid
- Gaines
- Remains
- Wisp
- Mentality
- Gleam
- Quality
- Kate
- Capture
- Pursuit
- Pluto
- Fugue
- Charm
- Corporal
- Rothschild
- Nuisance
- Catch
- Thrush
- Perfume
- Mystery
- Hint
- Neptune
- Flavor
- Quarry
- Grasshopper
- Dream
- Connotation
- Ideal
- Concept
- Meaning
- Leopard
- Antelope
- Definition
- Stumble
- Pointer
- Trapping
- Fascination
- Radiance
- Metaphor
Adjective
Wiktionary
ELUSIVE, adjective. Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
ELUSIVE, adjective. Rarely seen.
ELUSIVE, adjective. (Can we clean up([1]) this sense?) Difficult to describe.
Dictionary definition
ELUSIVE, adjective. Difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor".
ELUSIVE, adjective. Skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline.
ELUSIVE, adjective. Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul".
ELUSIVE, adjective. Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.