6
strange(adjective, extraordinary, unusual, odd, remarkable)
5
funny(adjective, unusual, strange, odd, peculiar)
5
indecipherable(adjective, dark, uncertain, mysterious, unintelligibility)
5
opaque(adjective, obscure, uncertain, vague, indefinite)
5
paradoxical(adjective, hard, obscure, sophisticated, tricky)
5
profound(adjective, hard, obscure, tricky, complicated)
5
queer(adjective, extraordinary, unusual, strange, exceptional)
5
unaccountable(adjective, strange, unfathomable, perplexing, bewildering)
5
unexplained(adjective, unintelligibility)
5
unintelligible(adjective, obscure, strange, uncertain, vague)
4
abstract(hard, obscure, difficult, vague, tricky)
4
contradictory
4
convoluted(adjective, hard, fancy, obscure, difficult)
4
distracting(verb, false, awkward, uneasy, ambiguous)
4
doubtful(dark, strange, uncertain, unreasonable, vague)
4
dubious(unusual, strange, uncertain, unreasonable, vague)
4
esoteric(adjective, hard, evil, obscure, heavy)
4
indistinct(uncertain, vague, confused, unclear, ambiguous)
4
riddling
4
tough(adjective, difficult, laborious)
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