Examples of 'cryptic' in a sentence
Meaning of "cryptic"
The adjective 'cryptic' is used to describe something that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand
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- Having hidden (unapparent) meaning.
- Mystified or of an obscure nature.
- Involving use of a code or cipher.
- Of a crossword puzzle, or a clue in such a puzzle, using, in addition to definitions, wordplay such as anagrams, homophones and hidden words to indicate solutions.
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A secret of cryptic symbols and mystic stones.
The message you left was a little cryptic.
The old tomes were cryptic on his whereabouts.
Cryptic mimicry in plants is usually achieved visually.
He sent me some cryptic invoice in the mail.
I just wanted to apologize for being so cryptic earlier.
He says cryptic things and is gone abruptly again.
That was a wonderfully cryptic text you sent me.
Its cryptic inscription remains an unsolved mystery.
This bird might be a cryptic species complex.
This cryptic castle requires a mistress of magic.
You are being very cryptic with me right now.
Its cryptic plumage makes it almost invisible.
Take out anything too cryptic or embarrassing.
Of a cryptic text here a light triumphal smile.
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It will issue some cryptic error message.
Too cryptic and eccentric for my taste.
You sounded a little cryptic on the phone.
Leaving cryptic clues for you to unravel.
Cut it out with the cryptic crap.
Another cryptic message appeared on the screen.
The eggs of oystercatchers are spotted and cryptic.
The writing is as cryptic as the characters themselves.
The meaning of the image is slightly cryptic.
He also made a cryptic confession that night.
Most species of palaeontinids exhibit cryptic coloration.
His cryptic speech is but a ploy.
Except for the odd cryptic emoji.
These cryptic words would come back to haunt me.
Equations are a little bit like cryptic crosswords.
Very cryptic kind of beginning to the whole thing.
A cryptotope can also be referred to as a cryptic epitope.
He gets very cryptic like that.
If you would been a little less cryptic.
Sorry for being cryptic on the phone.
That phone call was pretty cryptic.
You sounded a little cryptic when you called.
The importance of conservation of organisms that are cryptic.
And it would not draw cryptic patterns.
A cryptic exchange with an anonymized account.
It is a rare sight because of its cryptic behaviour.
Cryptic messages from an inferior crazy is all we have.
They are buff or greenish with cryptic markings.
Quite the cryptic man of mystery.
The sketch includes several cryptic elements.
Putting out cryptic ads in alternative papers.
He also decoded your needlessly cryptic metaphors.
Cryptic postcards from old friends mean trouble.
Because guilty people sending cryptic letters.
Little cryptic notes between lovers.
