veiled

veiled
Synonyms and related words:
aleatoric, aleatory, amorphous, armored, between the lines, blobby, blurred, blurry, broad, cased, ceiled, chance, chancy, chaotic, cloaked, clouded, coated, concealed, confused, coped, covered, covert, cowled, cryptic, curtained, delitescent, disguised, disordered, dormant, eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled, encased, enveloped, enwrapped, esoteric, filmed, floored, foggy, fuzzy, general, hazy, hibernating, hidden, hit-or-miss, hooded, housed, ill-defined, imprecise, inaccurate, inchoate, incoherent, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminable, indeterminate, indistinct, inexact, latent, lax, loose, loricate, loricated, lurking, mantled, masked, muffled, mystic, nonspecific, obfuscated, obscure, obscured, occult, occulted, orderless, packaged, paved, possible, potential, random, roofed-in, screened, scummed, secret, shaded, shadowed forth, shadowy, shady, shapeless, sheathed, shelled, shielded, shrouded, sleeping, stochastic, sub rosa, submerged, subtle, swathed, sweeping, tented, unclear, undefined, under cover, under the surface, underlying, undestined, undetermined, unmanifested, unplain, unrevealed, unspecified, vague, virtual, walled, walled-in, wrapped

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • veiled — [veıld] adj a veiled threat, warning, attack, reference etc is expressed so that its exact meaning is hidden or unclear ▪ His speech is being seen as a veiled attack on asylum seekers. ▪ I m impressed, said Greg, with thinly veiled (=only… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • veiled — [ veıld ] adjective 1. ) a veiled threat, attack, or warning is not direct but is easily understood: a veiled criticism of the royal family thinly veiled (=very easily understood): a thinly veiled threat of retaliation 2. ) covered with a veil …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Veiled — Veiled, a. Covered by, or as by, a veil; hidden. Words used to convey a veiled meaning. Earle. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • veiled — [vāld] adj. 1. wearing a veil 2. covered with or as with a veil 3. concealed, hidden, disguised, obscured, etc. 4. not openly expressed [a veiled threat] …   English World dictionary

  • veiled — index allusive, clandestine, covert, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, furtive, hidden, impalpable …   Law dictionary

  • veiled — [adj] disguised camouflaged, cloaked, concealed, covered, hidden, hooded, invisible, masked, screened, secret, shielded, shrouded, undercover, unexposed, unrecognizable, unrevealed; concepts 547,576,619 …   New thesaurus

  • veiled — adjective 1. having or as if having a veil or concealing cover (Freq. 3) a veiled dancer a veiled hat veiled threats veiled insults • Ant: ↑unveiled 2. muted or unclear …   Useful english dictionary

  • veiled — veiledly /vay lid lee/, adv. /vayld/, adj. 1. having a veil: a veiled hat. 2. covered or concealed by, or as if by, a veil: a veiled woman. 3. not openly or directly expressed; masked; disguised; hidden; obscure: a veiled threat. 4. lacking… …   Universalium

  • veiled — [[t]ve͟ɪld[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: ADJ n A veiled comment is expressed in a disguised form rather than directly and openly. He made only a veiled reference to international concerns over human rights issues... This last clause is a thinly veiled… …   English dictionary

  • veiled — UK [veɪld] / US adjective 1) a veiled threat, attack, or warning is not direct but is easily understood a veiled criticism of the royal family thinly veiled (= very easily understood): a thinly veiled threat of retaliation 2) covered with a veil …   English dictionary

  • Veiled — Veil Veil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Veiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Veiling}.] [Cf. OF. veler, F. voiler, L. velarc. See {Veil}, n.] [Written also {vail}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To throw a veil over; to cover with a veil. [1913 Webster] Her face was veiled;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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