Associations to the word «Nebulous»

Wiktionary

NEBULOUS, adjective. In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
NEBULOUS, adjective. Vague or ill-defined.
NEBULOUS, adjective. Relating to a nebula or nebulae.

Dictionary definition

NEBULOUS, adjective. Lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit".
NEBULOUS, adjective. Of or relating to or resembling a nebula; "the nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system".
NEBULOUS, adjective. Lacking definition or definite content; "nebulous reasons"; "unfixed as were her general notions of what men ought to be"- Jane Austen.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats