subtle

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adjective

1. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze (Freq. 9)
- his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
- a subtle difference
- that elusive thing the soul
• Syn:
elusive
• Similar to:
impalpable
• Derivationally related forms:
elude (for: elusive), elusiveness (for: elusive)
2. able to make fine distinctions
- a subtle mind
• Similar to:
perceptive
3. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
- glaucoma is an insidious disease
- a subtle poison
• Syn:
insidious, pernicious
• Similar to:
harmful
• Derivationally related forms:
perniciousness (for: pernicious), insidiousness (for: insidious)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  insidious, pernicious, elusive