Hard to pin down - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 01/09/2023

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Hard to pin down.

5 letter answer(s) to hard to pin down

DODGY
  1. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
  2. of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
  3. Operating on the edge of illegality. Similar to "shady" in this context.
VAGUE
  1. lacking clarity or distinctness;
  2. not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke
  3. not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness"

4 letter answer(s) to hard to pin down

EELY

7 letter answer(s) to hard to pin down

ELUSIVE
  1. 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"
  2. difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor"
  3. 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"
  4. skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline
EVASIVE
  1. avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire; "pilots are taught to take evasive action"
  2. deliberately vague or ambiguous; "his answers were brief, constrained and evasive"; "an evasive statement"

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