obscure, dark, vague, enigmatic, cryptic, ambiguous, equivocal mean not clearly understandable. obscure implies a hiding or veiling of meaning through some inadequacy of expression or withholding …

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)

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 cryptic here.

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

Cryptic comments or messages are hard to understand because they seem to have a hidden meaning. Cryptic is from Late Latin crypticus, from Greek kryptos, "hidden."

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

Definition of cryptic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.