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Defenition of the word cryptic

    • Defenition of the word cryptic

      • Having a hidden meaning.
      • having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
      • having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note"
      • of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible 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"
      • of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals t
      • having a puzzling terseness
      • having a secret or hidden meaning
      • of an obscure nature

    Synonyms for the word cryptic

      • cabalistic
      • cryptical
      • deep
      • inscrutable
      • mysterious
      • mystifying
      • sibylline

    Similar words in the cryptic

      • concise
      • esoteric
      • incomprehensible
      • inexplicable

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