How Many Syllables Are in Abstruse

The word Abstruse has three syllables: ab-struse.
Syllable division helps in understanding the word's structure, improving both pronunciation and spelling.
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Definition of Abstruse

Difficult to understand; obscure.

How should Abstruse divide into syllables

The first syllable "ab" has a short vowel "a" and a consonant "b". The second syllable "struse" has a long vowel "u", a consonant "s", and a silent "e".

Part of Speech - Abstruse

Sentences with Abstruse

• 1. The professor's lecture on quantum mechanics was abstruse.
• 2. The ancient language was abstruse, and only a few scholars could decipher it.
• 3. The technical manual was so abstruse that even the experts had trouble understanding it.
• 4. The artist's work was so abstruse that it left many viewers puzzled.
• 5. The philosopher's theories were abstruse and required years of study to fully comprehend.
• 6. The software's user interface was so abstruse that many customers complained about it.
• 7. The legal document was full of abstruse terms that made it hard to read.
• 8. The scientific paper was so abstruse that it was published in a specialized journal.
• 9. The poet's writing was abstruse, and many readers struggled to find its meaning.
• 10. The engineer's design was so abstruse that it required advanced math skills to understand.

Quotes with Abstruse

• 1. "The truth is always an abyss. One must — as in a swimming pool — dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again — laughing and fighting for breath — to the now doubly illuminated surface of things." - Franz Kafka

Number of characters in Abstruse

8 ( a, b, s, t, r, u, s, e )

Unique letters in Abstruse

7 ( a, b, s, t, r, u, e )

Abstruse Backwards

esurtsba

How to Pronounce Abstruse

IPA (International): ʌˈbstru:s

ARA (American): ʌˈbstrus

EPA (English): ʌˈbstru:s

AH-BSTRUW-S