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English adjective: cryptic | |||
| 1. | cryptic of an obscure nature | ||
| Samples | 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. Rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands. | ||
| Synonyms | cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying | ||
| Similar | incomprehensible, inexplicable | ||
| Antonyms | explicable | ||
| 2. | cryptic having a secret or hidden meaning | ||
| Samples | Cabalistic symbols engraved in stone. Cryptic writings. Thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements. | ||
| Synonyms | cabalistic, cryptical, kabbalistic, qabalistic, sibylline | ||
| Similar | esoteric | ||
| Antonyms | exoteric | ||
| 3. | cryptic having a puzzling terseness | ||
| Samples | A cryptic note. | ||
| Similar | concise | ||
| Antonyms | prolix | ||
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