cryptical
- adjective
- /ˈkrɪptɪkəl/
- Archaic
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críptico
- The instructions were so cryptical that I couldn't figure out how to assemble the furniture.
Quantum mechanics is just weird, like ancient Egypt or cryptical symbols and worshipping cats.
- Quantum mechanics is just weird, like ancient Egypt or cryptical symbols and worshipping cats.
Examples
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And I like what they've been doing with this like cryptic kind of branding.
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Quantum mechanics is just weird, like ancient Egypt or cryptical symbols and worshipping cats.
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And he warns them in very cryptic language about what they've actually signed away when they signed the papers to board the Pequod.
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Her cryptical remarks left everyone puzzled about her true intentions.
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The painting contains cryptical symbols that experts are still trying to decipher.
Synonyms
583
7.6
Hard to understand or explain
498
5.1
Hard to understand or explain because it seems strange
276
3.2
Hard to understand and makes people feel unsure
125
6.3
Hard to understand or explain
52
7.0
Hard to understand or describe, like the meaning of a symbol
43
8.1
Hard to understand because it seems secret or mysterious
42
4.6
Hard to understand or explain
35
9.0
Hidden from view and not easy to see
28
8.2
Hard to understand because it is unclear or complex
27
8.1
Hard to understand and often seems mysterious
12
8.9
Hard to understand because it shows no clear meaning or feeling
7
7.3
Causing someone to feel confused
4
7.7
Hidden and hard to understand because it is secret
1
9.9
Mysterious and secret, like a code understood by only a few people
1
9.9
Relating to secret Jewish religious ideas and symbols
1
9.3
Making something hard to understand on purpose to hide the truth
1
9.9
Hard to understand because it is mysterious and sounds like it predicts the future
1
9.3
Hard to understand, like a puzzle
Making something hard to understand or follow
Causing confusion on purpose
Hard to understand because it is mysterious and unclear
Mysterious and hard to understand, like a prophecy
Calm and showing no feelings so you cannot know thoughts
Having secret, mystical meanings like those in the Kabbalah
Strange and hard to understand, giving a feeling of mystery
Mysterious and hard to understand, often about deep spiritual ideas
Antonyms
How Mysterious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cryptical comes from the Greek root crypt- meaning 'hidden', the same root in cryptic and encrypt ('to hide' a message). So something cryptical is secret or hard to understand.