sibylline
- adjective
- /ˈsɪbɪlaɪn/
- Literature
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sibilino
- Little, Big is an enchanting, sibylline tale.
Examples
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She delivered her speech in a sibylline manner, captivating the audience with its mysterious implications.
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"All the time she tells the story, Jonathan is looking at her, listening as if to some sibylline words.
Fiction book (1990) -
The artist's painting had a sibylline quality, leaving viewers pondering its meaning long after they left the gallery.
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The author wove a sibylline narrative that intrigued readers, prompting them to interpret its deeper messages.
Synonyms
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5.1
Hard to understand or explain because it seems strange
52
7.0
Hard to understand or describe, like the meaning of a symbol
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8.1
Hard to understand because it seems secret or mysterious
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4.6
Hard to understand or explain
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9.0
Hidden from view and not easy to see
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8.2
Hard to understand because it is unclear or complex
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8.1
Hard to understand and often seems mysterious
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8.9
Hard to understand because it shows no clear meaning or feeling
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7.7
Hidden and hard to understand because it is secret
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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
9.9
Hard to understand because it is mysterious and sounds like it predicts the future
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9.3
Hard to understand, like a puzzle
Like a warning that seems to predict future events
Relating to predicting the future, often by signs or dreams
Showing or saying what will happen in the future
Like something that predicts future events
Relating to ways people try to tell the future
Mysterious and hard to understand, often about deep spiritual ideas
Having secret, mystical meanings like those in the Kabbalah
Hard to understand because it has a hidden meaning
Being very mysterious and hard to understand
Calm and showing no feelings so you cannot know thoughts
Strange and hard to understand, giving a feeling of mystery
Hard to understand because it is mysterious and unclear
How Prophetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sibylline comes from Sibyl, the name for women in ancient stories who spoke secret 'prophecies'. So something sibylline is mysterious or hard to understand, like an oracle's message.