English to English
adjective
- Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- difficult to describe
A haunting elusive odor.
source: WordNet 3.0
- skillful at eluding capture
A cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
English to Tagalog
adj
- [iliúsiv] Marayà; nakakadayà
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
