Found 4 items, similar to cryptic.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: cryptic
samar
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: cryptic
samar-samar, tidak jelas
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cryptic
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”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cryptic
Cryptic
\Cryp"tic\ (kr[i^]p"t[i^]k), Cryptical
\Cryp"tic*al\
(-t?-kal), a. [L. crypticus, Gr. kryptiko`s, fr. kry`ptein to
hide.]
Hidden; secret; occult. ``Her [nature's] more cryptic ways of
working.'' --Glanvill.
[1913 Webster]
2. incomprehensible to those not familiar with the culture or
jargon; as, the new insurance policy is written without
cryptic or mysterious terms.
Syn: inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. having a secret or hidden meaning; as, cryptic symbols
engraved in stone; cryptic writings.
Syn: cabalistic, occult, secret, sibylline.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. having a puzzling terseness; as, a cryptic note.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. not evident; unrecognized; as, a cryptic infection.
[PJC]
5. written in a code or cipher; as, a cryptic message.
Syn: encoded, enciphered, encrypted.
[PJC]