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Cryptic

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Definitions for Cryptic

adjective
of an obscure nature
Synonyms
cryptical deep inscrutable mysterious mystifying
Examples
  1. the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms
  2. a deep dark secret
  3. the inscrutable workings of Providence
  4. in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson
  5. rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
adjective
having a secret or hidden meaning
Synonyms
cabalistic kabbalistic qabalistic cryptical sibylline
Examples
  1. cabalistic symbols engraved in stone
  2. cryptic writings
  3. thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
adjective
having a puzzling terseness
Examples
  1. a cryptic note

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