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CRYPTICAL

Dictionary entry overview: What does cryptical mean?

• CRYPTICAL (adjective)
The adjective CRYPTICAL has 2 senses:

1. of an obscure nature
2. having a secret or hidden meaning

Familiarity information: CRYPTICAL used as an adjective is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CRYPTICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Of an obscure nature

Synonyms:

mysterious; inscrutable; cryptical; cryptic; 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)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Having a secret or hidden meaning

Synonyms:

cabalistic; kabbalistic; qabalistic; cryptic; cryptical; sibylline

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)

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