cryptic
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- adjective
- /ˈkrɪptɪk/
- His hotel room was found empty, except for a handful of cryptic notes.
- a cryptic reference
- a cryptic remark
- remain cryptic
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I've left them some sort of cryptic clues that I exist.
- And I've left them some sort of cryptic clues that I exist.
- And the diary has a whole bunch of cryptic entries.
- They are incomplete, cryptic and sometimes even preposterous.
- And so to get each hint, you had to do some cryptic puzzle or Riddle.
- Again, this was cryptic, but it's a good sign nonetheless.
- You know, I don't know if I'm being too cryptic.
- It's still encoded, but it's secret, It's cryptic.
- It's part of some some strange and cryptic unboxing scenario.
- Say to to Ariak, you're cryptic, my Lord Ariak.
- I like trailers that are like cryptic, like this is cryptic.
- This is obviously an undercurrent for the cryptic warfare between populations.
- No Loris that saying it has ever talked to knows what this cryptic phrase means.
Examples
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Your letters were very cryptic.
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During our dig, we found a cryptic map that was left to us by early settlers.
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Seriously cryptic stuff going on here.
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Do you have to be cryptic?
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For once, would you mind being a little less cryptic?
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So what's with the cryptic message?
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I know it's cryptic but you'll figure it out eventually
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I mean, you're being cryptic.
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What few passages he did commit to paper had a cryptic, guarded quality.
Fiction book (1999) -
The archaeologist discovered a cryptic inscription on the ancient tablet that puzzled the entire team.
Synonyms
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Hard to understand or explain because it seems strange
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Hard to understand and makes people feel unsure
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Hard to understand or explain
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Hard to understand or explain
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Hard to understand because it is unclear or complex
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Hard to understand and often seems mysterious
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9.0
Hidden from view and not easy to see
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Hard to understand or explain
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Hard to understand or describe, like the meaning of a symbol
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Hard to understand because it shows no clear meaning or feeling
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Causing someone to feel confused
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Hidden and hard to understand because it is secret
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Mysterious and secret, like a code understood by only a few people
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Relating to secret Jewish religious ideas and symbols
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Hard to understand, like a puzzle
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9.9
Mysterious and hard to understand, like a prophecy
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Having secret, mystical meanings like those in the Kabbalah
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Hard to understand because it has a hidden meaning
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9.9
Mysterious and hard to understand, often about deep spiritual ideas
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9.9
Hard to understand because it is mysterious and unclear
Antonyms
Compounds
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A crossword with clues that are small word puzzles using puns or hidden meanings
- Specialized
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Body pattern that helps an animal blend into the background to avoid being seen
How Mysterious
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word cryptic comes from the Greek root kryptos, which means 'hidden'. You can see the same root in crypt and encrypt, so something cryptic is like a hidden or coded message that is hard to understand.