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Definitions for Cryptic

[1] mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
[2] abrupt; terse; short: a cryptic note.
[3] secret; occult: a cryptic writing.
[4] involving or using cipher, code, etc.
[5] Zoology . fitted for concealing; serving to camouflage.
[6] a cryptogram, especially one designed as a puzzle.
[7] hidden; secret; occult
[8] (esp of comments, sayings, etc) obscure in meaning
[9] (of the coloration of animals) tending to conceal by disguising or camouflaging the shape

Words related to Cryptic

enigmatic, ambiguous, veiled, equivocal, strange, arcane, mysterious, incomprehensible, vague, abstruse, apocryphal, cabalistic, dark, esoteric, evasive, hidden, inexplicable, murky, mystic, mystical

Words nearby Cryptic

cryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptanalyze, cryptectomy, cryptesthesia, cryptic, cryptitis, crypto, crypto-, crypto-jew, cryptoanalysis

Origin of Cryptic

1595–1605; < Late Latin crypticus < Greek kryptikós hidden. See crypt, -ic

Other words from Cryptic

cryp·ti·cal·ly , adverb
non·cryp·tic , adjective
non·cryp·ti·cal , adjective
non·cryp·ti·cal·ly , adverb

Word origin for Cryptic

C17: from Late Latin crypticus, from Greek kruptikos, from kruptos concealed; see crypt

Synonyms for Cryptic

ambiguous, arcane, enigmatic, equivocal, incomprehensible, mysterious, strange, vague, veiled, Delphian, Delphic, abstruse, apocryphal, cabalistic, dark, esoteric, evasive, hidden, inexplicable, murky, mystic, mystical, mystifying, occult, opaque, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, tenebrous, unclear, unfathomable, uninformative