elusive

Adjective
  1. Difficult to describe (synset 301276426)
    "a haunting elusive odor"
    similar to: unidentifiable - impossible to identify
  2. Skillful at eluding capture (synset 300150530)
    "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"
    similar to: artful - marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
  3. Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze (synset 301722138)
    "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"
    similar to: impalpable - imperceptible to the senses or the mind
    same as: subtle
  4. Making great mental demands;
    Hard to comprehend or solve or believe (synset 300750063)
    "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
    similar to: difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
    same as: baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough

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