English adjective: cryptical | |||
1. | cryptical 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 | cryptic, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying | ||
Similar | incomprehensible, inexplicable | ||
Antonyms | explicable | ||
2. | cryptical having a secret or hidden meaning | ||
Samples | Cabalistic symbols engraved in stone. Cryptic writings. Thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements. | ||
Synonyms | cabalistic, cryptic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, sibylline | ||
Similar | esoteric | ||
Antonyms | exoteric | ||