CRYPTIC
Dictionary entry overview: What does cryptic mean? • CRYPTIC (adjective)
The adjective CRYPTIC has 3 senses:
1. of an obscure nature
2. having a secret or hidden meaning
3. having a puzzling terseness
Familiarity information: CRYPTIC used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CRYPTIC (adjective)
Meaning:
Of an obscure nature
Synonyms:
cryptic; cryptical; inscrutable; mysterious; mystifying; deep
Context examples:
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
Similar:
incomprehensible; inexplicable (incapable of being explained or accounted for)
Meaning:
Having a secret or hidden meaning
Synonyms:
cabalistic; qabalistic; kabbalistic; sibylline; cryptical; cryptic
Context examples:
cabalistic symbols engraved in stone / cryptic writings / thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements
Similar:
esoteric (confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle)
Meaning:
Having a puzzling terseness
Context example:
a cryptic note
Similar:
concise (expressing much in few words)
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