enigmatic stresses a puzzling, mystifying quality. cryptic implies a purposely concealed meaning. ambiguous applies to language capable of more than one interpretation. equivocal applies to …

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

Add to word list mysterious and difficult to understand: a cryptic message / remark (Definition of cryptic from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Define cryptic. cryptic synonyms, cryptic pronunciation, cryptic translation, English dictionary definition of cryptic. also cryp·ti·cal adj. 1. Having hidden meaning; mystifying.

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 …

A cryptic remark or message contains a hidden meaning or is difficult to understand. He has issued a short, cryptic statement denying the spying charges. My father's notes are more …

2 days ago · cryptic (comparative more cryptic, superlative most cryptic) Having hidden (unapparent) meaning. Mystified or of an obscure nature; not easy to perceive. quotations

cryptic, n. & adj. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

Cryptids are animals or other beings whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science. Cryptozoology, the study of cryptids, is a pseudoscience claiming that such beings …

cryp•tic (krip′ tik), adj. Also, cryp′ti•cal. mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message. abrupt; terse; short: a cryptic note. secret; occult: a cryptic writing. Cryptography …