cryptic

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. of an obscure nature (Freq. 2)
- the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms
- a deep dark secret
- the inscrutable workings of Providence
- "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson
- rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
• Syn:
cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying
• Similar to:
inexplicable, incomprehensible
• Derivationally related forms:
mystery (for: mysterious), inscrutability (for: inscrutable)
2. having a secret or hidden meaning
- cabalistic symbols engraved in stone
- cryptic writings
- "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
• Syn:
cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptical, sibylline
• Similar to:
esoteric
• Derivationally related forms:
qabala (for: qabalistic), kabbala (for: kabbalistic), cabala (for: cabalistic)
3. having a puzzling terseness
- a cryptic note
• Similar to:
concise

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptical, sibylline, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying