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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
cryptical
1. of an obscure nature
- 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"- Rachel Carson
- rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
• Syn:
cryptic, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying
• Similar to:
inexplicable, incomprehensible
• Derivationally related forms:
mystery (for: mysterious), inscrutability (for: inscrutable)
2. having a secret or hidden meaning
- cabalistic symbols engraved in stone
- cryptic writings
- "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
• Syn:
cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptic, sibylline
• Similar to:
esoteric
• Derivationally related forms:
qabala (for: qabalistic), kabbala (for: kabbalistic), cabala (for: cabalistic)
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