vague adj.
VERBS be, look, sound ‘Where did you leave it?’ Isobel looked vague. | become, get She seems to be getting rather vague as she grows older. | remain | leave sth The identity of the city in the novel is deliberately left vague.
ADV. extremely, hopelessly, very Her directions were hopelessly vague. | a bit, fairly, a little, pretty, quite, rather, somewhat | enough, sufficiently It was a vague enough concept for the liberals to unite around. | suitably | deliberately, intentionally You're being deliberately vague. | necessarily Since the officers knew little themselves their reassurances were necessarily vague. | inherently an inherently vague and subjective concept | notoriously The law is notoriously vague on this point.
PREP. about I am vague about what happened during the rest of the night. | as to I was suitably vague as to exactly how I had acquired the money. | in The statement was vague in its wording.
adj.
an undefined term
undefined authority
some undefined sense of excitement
vague feelings of sadness
a vague uneasiness
a dim figure in the distance
only a faint recollection
shadowy figures in the gloom
saw a vague outline of a building through the fog
a few wispy memories of childhood
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