Definition of cryptic Cryptic

/kɹɪˈptɪk/ - [kriptik] - cryp•tic

We found 11 definitions of cryptic from 5 different sources.

What does cryptic mean?

Adjective cryptic, crypticcer, crypticcest
cryptic - 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"
		cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying
		inexplicable, incomprehensible incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"
cryptic - having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note"
cryptic - having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
		cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, cryptical, sibylline
		esoteric confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories"