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- Dictionarycryptic/ˈkrɪptɪk/
adjective
- 1. having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure: "he found his boss's utterances too cryptic"
- 2. (of coloration or markings) serving to camouflage an animal in its natural environment: "cryptic plumage is thought to minimize predation"
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Cryptic means secret, mysterious, or having a hidden meaning. Learn the origin, synonyms, examples, and usage of cryptic from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
mysterious and difficult to understand: a cryptic message / remark.
Cryptic means mysterious and difficult to understand. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, see synonyms and related words, and explore examples from various sources.
Cryptic means having hidden meaning, secret, or using code. Find out the origin, usage, and examples of cryptic in different contexts and languages.
Cryptic comments or messages are hard to understand because they seem to have a hidden meaning. Cryptic is from Late Latin crypticus, from Greek kryptos, "hidden." This Greek adjective is the source of the English noun crypt, referring to a room under a church in which dead people are buried.
Cryptic definition: mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous. See examples of CRYPTIC used in a sentence.
Cryptic means having a hidden or ambiguous meaning, or obscure and curt in expression. It can also refer to the form or coloring of certain animals that conceal their shape. See synonyms, word origin, and usage examples.
