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    cryptic
    /ˈkrɪptɪk/

    adjective

    • 1. having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure: "he found his boss's utterances too cryptic"
    • 2. (of coloration or markings) serving to camouflage an animal in its natural environment: "cryptic plumage is thought to minimize predation"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCRYPTIC | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    mysterious and difficult to understand: a cryptic message / remark.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › crypticCryptic Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : secret, occult. 2. a. : having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning : mysterious. cryptic messages. cryptic prophecies. b. : marked by an often perplexing brevity. cryptic marginal notes. 3. : serving to conceal. cryptic coloration in animals. also : exhibiting cryptic coloration. cryptic animals. 4. : not recognized.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCRYPTIC | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    mysterious and difficult to understand: I got a cryptic text message from Sam. Synonyms. enigmatic. inscrutable. mysterious. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Difficult to understand. abstrusely. ambiguity. ambiguously. esoterically. fathomlessly. garble. get it through your thick head idiom. it's all Greek to me idiom. labyrinthine.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › crypticCRYPTIC Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Cryptic definition: mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous. See examples of CRYPTIC used in a sentence.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › crypticCryptic - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Cryptic comments or messages are hard to understand because they seem to have a hidden meaning. Cryptic is from Late Latin crypticus, from Greek kryptos , "hidden." This Greek adjective is the source of the English noun crypt , referring to a room under a church in which dead people are buried.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCRYPTIC definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    cryptic in British English. (ˈkrɪptɪk ) or cryptical. adjective. 1. hidden; secret; occult. 2. (esp of comments, sayings, etc) obscure in meaning. 3. (of the coloration of animals) tending to conceal by disguising or camouflaging the shape.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › crypticCryptic - definition of cryptic by The Free Dictionary

    1. mysterious in meaning; puzzling. 2. secret; occult: cryptic writing.

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishCRYPTIC | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    mysterious and difficult to understand: a cryptic comment / message. cryptically. adverb. (Definition of cryptic from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › crypticcryptic adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of cryptic adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryCRYPTIC - All you need to know about it | Collins English...

    A complete guide to the word "CRYPTIC": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.