Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: indistinct
IPA transcription: [,ɪndɪst'ɪŋkt]
Pronunciations of indistinct
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: indistinct
    Meaning: not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"
Usage examples
  • And this indistinct shadow represented her father.
  • The words trailed into an indistinct murmur, punctuated by Dunk's jarring cackle.
  • Her "reforms," her impulses toward beauty in raw Main Street, they had become indistinct.
  • I leaned over the gate with my face turned towards the great indistinct front of Deville Court.
  • Then they swept around the curve and the bridge lay before them, indistinct in the drizzle of rain.
  • It caught a glimpse of the indistinct outline of a great fish, and exasperated at such audacity, determined to go in chase of the robber.
  • Muttering indistinct words, Manstin ran up the last hill and lo! in the ravine beyond stood the terrible monster with a face in front and one in the back of his head!
  • A little boy, the peasant's son, imagined that he perceived in the dog's voice an indistinct resemblance to certain words, and was, therefore, determined to teach him to speak distinctly.
  • It was very difficult to follow the trail of the Indians from the fact that many herds of buffalo had crossed and repeatedly recrossed it during the night, making the tracks very indistinct.
  • At that moment, the withered squaw already mentioned moved into the circle, in a slow, sidling sort of a dance, holding the torch, and muttering the indistinct words of what might have been a species of incantation.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Xenu, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Welsh language, License CC BY-SA 4.0