cryptic
cryp
ˈkrÉĒp
krip
tic
tÉĒk
tik
/kɚˈÉĒptÉĒk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "cryptic"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϰāĻšāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻ§ā§āϝ

having mysterious and puzzling characteristics
cryptic definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her smile held a cryptic meaning that intrigued those around her.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻšāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āϞ⧋āĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§ŒāϤ⧂āĻšāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϰāĻšāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻ§ā§āϝ

brief but mysterious and difficult to understand
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her cryptic response left everyone guessing about her true intentions.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϰāĻšāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϰāĻšāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻ§ā§āϝ

(of a crossword) having clues that are not understood very easily
cryptic definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She enjoyed solving cryptic clues that twisted common phrases into hidden meanings.
āϏ⧇ āϰāĻšāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ āϝāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ, āĻ›āĻĻā§āĻŽāĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€

having a color, pattern, or behavior that allows an animal to blend seamlessly into its environment, making it hard to detect
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cryptic coloration of the snake helps it hide in the underbrush.
āϏāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻāϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āĻ˛ā§āĻŽā§‡ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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