FULIGINOUS Synonyms: 126 Similar and Opposite Words

fuliginous

adjective

fyu̇-ˈli-jə-nəs

Definition of fuliginous

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

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Bergman’s scenario famously reaches the deeply ambiguous point at which the personalities of the actress Elisabet Vogler and her nurse, Alma, seem to merge.

— Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
What remains are angry customers, ambiguous situations, exceptions, judgment calls and problems that have already failed one resolution attempt.

— Antony P Gregory, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of ambiguous

Adjective

On top of the moving-camera-foamy-dark-mouth challenge, there was the plaque challenge.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
Finley’s breakout was the 2017 dark comedy Thoroughbreds, in which Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy play high-schoolers conspiring to kill an abusive stepfather.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of dark

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Given most late-summer midterm-election-year weakness has been more than recovered right afterward, the proper course of action now becomes even more obscure.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
In many cases, the robot tail wags the living dog by tricking it—tricking us—into caring about obscure metrics, then gamifying the process of improving them.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of obscure

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The piece, inspired by the 12th-century polymathic mystic Saint Hildegard of Bingen, was skin-tinglingly breathy and slow, with long tones (played by Malone and her accompanist Stephen O’Malley) that rose up and swirled around the room.

— Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Poetry of a Hindu mystic Kashmir gradually became a predominantly Muslim society after the Shah Mir dynasty came to power in the 14th century.

— Peter Dziedzic, The Conversation, 30 July 2026

Definition of mystic

Adjective

For the next 90 days, NASA teams will ready the Roman telescope for its five-year mission to study enigmatic phenomena like dark matter while hunting for habitable worlds beyond our solar system.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Matt, whose perspective is largely withheld, remains the most enigmatic of the group, and the one most desperately sought after.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of enigmatic

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