Meaning & Definition of Cryptic in English

1. Of an obscure nature

• "The new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"

• "A deep dark secret"

• "The inscrutable 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. Having a secret or hidden meaning

• "Cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"

• "Cryptic writings"

• "Thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- john gunther

3. Having a puzzling terseness

• "A cryptic note"