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cryptical definition
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Overview of adj cryptical The adj cryptical has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying -- (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") 2. cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, sibylline -- (having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther) Antonyms of adj cryptical 2 senses of cryptical Sense 1 cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying INDIRECT (VIA inexplicable) -> explicable Sense 2 cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, sibylline INDIRECT (VIA esoteric) -> exoteric Similarity of adj cryptical 2 senses of cryptical Sense 1 cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying => inexplicable (vs. explicable), incomprehensible Sense 2 cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, sibylline => esoteric (vs. exoteric) Attributes of adj cryptical Familiarity of adj cryptical cryptical used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj cryptical cryptical Overview of adj cryptical The adj cryptical has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying -- (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") 2. cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, sibylline -- (having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther)
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