adj.
- Having hidden meaning; mystifying. See Synonyms at ambiguous.
- Secret or occult.
- Using code or cipher.
- Biology. Tending to conceal or camouflage: cryptic coloring.
cryptic
adj 1: of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible 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: cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying]
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, cryptical, sibylline]
3: having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note"
첫댓글 cryptic 수수께끼 같은. 신비스러운, 숨은 비밀의, 이유를 알 수 없는 cryptical= 숨겨진
수수께끼 같은, 신비스러운
신비스러운 =mysterious