cryptic English

Meaning cryptic meaning

What does cryptic mean?

cryptic

— adjective (= deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying) of an obscure nature the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms a deep dark secret the inscrutable workings of Providence in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life — Rachel Carson rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands

— adjective having a puzzling terseness a cryptic note

— adjective (= cabalistic, sibylline) having a secret or hidden meaning cabalistic symbols engraved in stone cryptic writings thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements — John Gunther

Synonyms cryptic synonyms

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cryptic English » English

cryptical

secret

obscure

sibylline

mysterious

hidden

enigmatic

cabalistic

qabalistic

mystifying

kabbalistic

inscrutable

deep

twilight

sibyllic

sibylic

shadowy

recondite

puzzling

protective

oracular

of uncertain meaning

occult

murky

mirky

haze

gloomy

fall

faint

esoteric

elusive

dusk

dim

darkness

dark

crepuscule

crepuscle

concealed

cloudy

clandestine

blurry

blurred

blear

ambiguous

abstruse

Topics cryptic topics

What do people use cryptic to talk about?

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Mysterious

• What words describe something that is difficult to understand?
  vague oblique unclear not well worded cryptic hard to understand difficult to understand puzzle puzzling riddle

Examples cryptic examples

How do I use cryptic in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Baffled by Sherlock Holmes' cryptic remarks, Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.

Movie subtitles

A cryptic note from a condemned man asking me to visit him in the last hours of his life.

And with that cryptic phrase Margherita swayed away.

Are you always this cryptic?

I take it this cryptic smile means you're not answering.

They have stories and graphics and cryptic adverts where you have to work out what it's about.

A cryptic response.

For three years, you've been pulling everyone's strings, getting us to do all the work, and you haven't done a damn thing but stand there and look cryptic. Well, it's about time you started pulling your own weight around here.

I supposed your Gods aren't as cryptic as ours.

The day's entry makes some cryptic remark about the ship being damaged in a gaseous anomaly and needing repairs but nothing else.

I hate it when you go cryptic on me.

He says cryptic things and is gone abruptly again.

Well, that was good and cryptic.

You'll just give a cryptic warning about some exciting new catastrophe and then disappear into the night, right?

Ripping a throat out, it's a strong visual. It's not cryptic.

This is no childish prank, Miss Brandon, but a cryptic warning of avenging death.

Don't be cryptic, darling.

The least he could have done was explain his cryptic invitation.

They were so cryptic.

You've been uttering that cryptic phrase for fifteen years now.

Obviously, some sort of cryptic invitation.

Rather cryptic greeting from our host, wouldn't you say?

Hmm. You sounded very cryptic over the phone, Mr. Greene.

Call it a fixation, but the Maltese Cow was haunting me. its cryptic moo beckoning me. like the scent of a cheap dancehall hostess.

It's cryptic!

Cryptic, he says.

Cryptic.

That's right. Cryptic.

For three years, you've been pulling everyone's strings, getting us to do all the work, and you haven't done a damn thing but stand there and look cryptic.

No. You'll just give a cryptic warning about some exciting new catastrophe and then disappear into the night, right?

OK, look, if you're going to be popping up with this cryptic wise-man act on a regular basis, can you at least tell me your name?

If you're looking for specific answers, be less cryptic with your questions.

I'm tired of all this cryptic bullshit.

News and current affairs

From the beginning, the inner world of those entrusted to make recommendations was marked by personal and principled discord over how to interpret Alfred Nobel's cryptic will and to whom prizes should be awarded.