ELUSIVE

(adj.) skillful at eluding capture
"a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"
(adj.) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
"a baffling problem", "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast", "a problematic situation at home"
synonyms : baffling , knotty , problematic , problematical , tough
Solving the Rubik’s cube was proving to be very problematic for her. -added by naila_inlas
The elusive questions in the CAT examination were quite baffling. -added by priyavanjeri
(adj.) difficult to describe
"a haunting elusive odor"
(adj.) difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
"his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change", "a subtle difference", "that elusive thing the soul"
synonyms : subtle

Mnemonics for elusive

(Tag: ) illusive things are always difficult to understand
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(Tag: ) elusive is like exclusive,,, and exclusive content is hard to get!
added by saurabhkumar87 Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) Lusi(lucy)-lets assume lucy as a gal.lets assume lucy is always not frank.since she is lucy(loosy), she is hard to understand as her talks(speech) is loosy, it is hard to grasp.
added by sriharisharma Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: english) eLUSive sounds like it has the word "loose" in it. When you have a loose description of something, then it is hard to understand
added by itspossible Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) ill(EL)+achieve(usive)= ill is difficult to achieve.
added by sharifit Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: ) HE LOOSE IT
added by Jackery Edit Mnemonic

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(Tag: E+LOOSE+IVE) imagine u had a problem in gre quant...so u sent an email to ur coach....he Emailed u the solution which was very LOOSELY described and hence...HARD TO GRASP AND BAFFLING...!!!......;)
added by verbal800 Edit Mnemonic

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