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- DictionaryCryp·tic/ˈkriptik/
adjective
- 1. having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure: "he found his boss's utterances too cryptic"
- 2. (of coloration or markings) serving to camouflage an animal in its natural environment: "cryptic plumage is thought to minimize predation"
1. : secret, occult. 2. a. : having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning : mysterious. cryptic messages. cryptic prophecies. b. : marked by an often perplexing brevity. cryptic marginal notes. 3. : serving to conceal. cryptic coloration in animals. also : exhibiting cryptic coloration. cryptic animals. 4. : not recognized.
Cryptic definition: mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous. See examples of CRYPTIC used in a sentence.
mysterious and difficult to understand: a cryptic message / remark.
adjective. having a secret or hidden meaning. “ cryptic writings”. synonyms: cabalistic, cryptical, kabbalistic, qabalistic, sibylline. esoteric. confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle. adjective. of an obscure nature.
mysterious and difficult to understand: I got a cryptic text message from Sam. Synonyms. enigmatic. inscrutable. mysterious. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult to understand. abstrusely. ambiguity. ambiguously. esoterically. fathomlessly. garble. get it through your thick head idiom. it's all Greek to me idiom. labyrinthine.
1. hidden; secret; occult. 2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (esp of comments, sayings, etc) obscure in meaning. 3. (Zoology) (of the coloration of animals) tending to conceal by disguising or camouflaging the shape.
A cryptic remark or message contains a hidden meaning or is difficult to understand. He has issued a short, cryptic statement denying the spying charges. My father's notes are more cryptic here.
Definition of cryptic adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A complete guide to the word "CRYPTIC": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
CRYPTIC meaning: difficult to understand having or seeming to have a hidden meaning.
