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(satellite adjective) having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note" |
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(satellite adjective) of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible 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" |
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Synonyms: cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying |
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(satellite adjective) having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther |
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Synonyms: cabalistic, cryptical, sibylline |
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