veiled
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6.2
- adjective
- /veɪld/
:
velado
- Olds stared back, first scowling, then his eyes widening as he understood the look's veiled accusation.
- thinly veiled
- veiled threat
- veiled reference
They will not be veiled literally for you.
- They will not be veiled literally for you.
- This is not a bluff in a thinly veiled threat of using nuclear weapons.
- I don't think yours is a veiled threat, it's an outright threat.
- Fall mornings and Umbria are veiled with dew.
- It's not this song is not veiled.
- And she says I'm having a really hard time as a nun, veiled as I am, I'm in such disorder.
- Yep to they're anonymously going to play the role of the veiled prophet, who then would choose a queen.
- And then he there's like a veiled suggestion that Churchill had some debts that were paid off by.
- So I see most of those efforts to be thinly veiled attempts to forestall death permanently.
Examples
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Only now, but still in veiled terms, does she reveal her unalterable love for Genji.
Academic text (1992) -
The politician made a veiled reference to his opponent's past mistakes during the debate.
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A veiled threat to my future employment.
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Counsel is now making a veiled suggestion to the jury.
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That is just a thinly-veiled way for the state to get your info.
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While Einstein was supposedly not religious, his comment seems to be a veiled reference to the existence of God.
Academic text (2013) -
It wasn't exactly a veiled critique of what we were doing.
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Fall mornings and Umbria are veiled with dew.
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The sultan's letter to Pope Pius is a lightly veiled Machiavellian threat.
Academic text (1991) -
Her veiled comments suggested that she was unhappy with the decision, without openly expressing her feelings.
Synonyms
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1.1
A thing that is not easily seen or found
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6.8
Done secretly to avoid being seen or known
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8.2
Kept secret because it is illegal or not allowed
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5.8
Hiding true feelings or intentions so others do not know
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7.5
People keep it secret from most others to avoid being noticed
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8.5
Done secretly because people would disapprove
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4.2
Hidden so people do not know the true identity or purpose
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3.7
Hidden so people cannot see it
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6.8
Hidden so people cannot see the true purpose or meaning
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4.5
Hidden by colors or patterns that match the background
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7.7
Hidden and hard to understand because it is secret
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7.5
People in power keep it secret to hide a problem
Being hidden and not openly shown, like secret feelings or plans
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Etymology
The word veiled comes from the verb veil, which comes from the Latin velare, meaning 'to cover'. You can see the same root in reveal ('to uncover'), so veiled means something is 'partly hidden' or 'not said openly'.