elusive

adjective

Characterized by or exhibiting evasion: evasive, slippery. See seek/avoid.

adj

Definition: evasive, mysterious
Antonyms: attracting, confronting, encountering, enticing, facing, inviting

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: difficult to describe

Meaning #2: skillful at eluding capture
  Synonym: evasive

Meaning #3: be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
  Synonym: subtle

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - svær at fange, vanskelig at erindre, undvigende, ubestemmelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontwijkend, moeilijk te vatten, ongrijpbaar, onherkenbaar

Français (French)
adj. - élusif, insaisissable, qui échappe, fuyant (un regard, une personnalité), évasif (une réponse)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schwer faßbar, ausweichend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ασύλληπτος, απατηλός, άπιαστος, φευγαλέος, ακριβοθώρητος, δυσπροσδιόριστος

Italiano (Italian)
elusivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - evasivo, de difícil compreensão, enganoso

Русский (Russian)
неуловимый, трудный для запоминания, уклончивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - evasivo, esquivo, escurridizo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - undanglidande, svårfångad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
难懂的, 难捉摸的, 易忘的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 難懂的, 難捉摸的, 易忘的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 회피하는, 알 수 없는, 잘 잊는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - わかりにくい, つかまえどころのない, 逃げを打つ, 孤独と無名を好む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متملص, مراوغ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חמקמק, פורח מהזיכרון, מוליך שולל‬

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