English-Thai Dictionary

cryptic

ADJ กำกวม  ไม่ชัด เจน  hidden obscure kam-kuam

 

cryptic

ADJ ที่ เป็นความลับ  ti-pen-kwam-lab

 

cryptically

ADV อย่าง กำกวม  อย่าง ไม่ชัด เจน  obscurely yang-kam-kuam

 

cryptically

ADV อย่าง เป็นความลับ  yang-pen-kam-kuam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CRYPTIC, CRYPTICAL

a.Hidden; secret; occult.

 

CRYPTICALLY

adv. Secretly.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CRYPTIC; CRYPTICAL

Cryp "tic (krp "tk ), Cryp "tic *al (-t-kal ), a. Etym: [L. crypticus, Gr.

 

Defn: Hidden; secret; occult. "Her [nature's ] more cryptic ways of working. " Glanvill.

 

CRYPTICALLY

CRYPTICALLY Cryp "tic *al *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Secretly; occultly.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cryptic

cryp tic |ˈkriptik ˈkrɪptɪk | ▶adjective 1 having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure: he found his boss's utterances too cryptic. • (of a crossword ) having difficult clues that indicate the solutions indirectly. 2 Zoology (of coloration or markings ) serving to camouflage an animal in its natural environment. DERIVATIVES cryp ti cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from late Latin crypticus, from Greek kruptikos, from kruptos ‘hidden. ’ Sense 2 dates from the late 19th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cryptic

cryp |tic |ˈkrɪptɪk | ▶adjective 1 having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure: he found his boss's utterances too cryptic. • (of a crossword ) having difficult clues which indicate the solutions indirectly. 2 Zoology (of coloration or markings ) serving to camouflage an animal in its natural environment. DERIVATIVES cryptically adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from late Latin crypticus, from Greek kruptikos, from kruptos ‘hidden ’. Sense 2 dates from the late 19th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cryptic

cryptic adjective she leaves cryptic messages on his answering machine: enigmatic, mysterious, confusing, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling, obscure, abstruse, arcane, oracular, Delphic, ambiguous, elliptical, oblique; informal as clear as mud. ANTONYMS clear.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cryptic

cryptic adjective his cryptic comments taxed her powers of comprehension: enigmatic, mysterious, hard to understand, confusing, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling, obscure, abstruse, arcane, oracular, Delphic, ambiguous, elliptical, oblique; informal as clear as mud. ANTONYMS straightforward, clear.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cryptic

cryp tic -ti cal /krɪ́ptɪk //-tɪk (ə )l /形容詞 1 〈発言 意見などが 〉 (故意に )秘密にされた, 隠された ; 不可解な, なぞめいた ; 〈人が 〉隠しごとをして, 理解困難な ▸ a cryptic remark なぞめいた発言 2 〘動 〙擬態 [身を隠すの ]に適した .cr ý p ti cal ly 副詞