Veiled

adj, verb

adj, verb ·1 syllable ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of veil form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Covered by a veil.

    "As usual, Ayesha was veiled like the marble Truth (by the way, I wonder if she originally got the idea of covering up her beauty from that statue?)."

  2. 2
    Partly hidden or concealed. figuratively

    "veiled threats"

Adjective
  1. 1
    muted or unclear wordnet
  2. 2
    having or as if having a veil or concealing cover wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
indistinctabstrusealeatoricaleatoryamorphousarmored

Example

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"His world is full of insubstantialities because of so much indirect, veiled communication."

Related phrases

thinly-veiledveiled plate

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