cryptic

Adjective
  1. Of an obscure nature (synset 300942713)
    "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"; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"
    similar to: incomprehensible, inexplicable - incapable of being explained or accounted for
    same as: cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying
  2. Having a secret or hidden meaning (synset 300903031)
    "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"
    similar to: esoteric - confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
    same as: cabalistic, cryptical, kabbalistic, qabalistic, sibylline
  3. Having a puzzling terseness (synset 300550150)
    "a cryptic note"
    similar to: concise - expressing much in few words

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