cryptical

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adjective

Synonym of cryptic.

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Meanings

adjectivecryptical (comparative more cryptical, superlative most cryptical)

comparative more cryptical · superlative most cryptical

  1. Synonym of cryptic.

    Many times the moon hears strange music as it shines on those courts and terraces and pinnacles, but whether that music be the song of the god or the chant of the cryptical priests, none but the King of Ilek-Vad may say; for only he has entered the temple or seen the priests.

    1927, H. P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

    Synonyms: cryptic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSynonym of cryptic.

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cryptic

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof an obscure nature

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crypticdeepinscrutablemysteriousmystifyinginexplicableincomprehensible

adjectivehaving a secret or hidden meaning

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Also see
cabalisticcrypticdeepincomprehensibleinexplicableinscrutablemysteriousmystifyingsibylline

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Latin crypticus + -al.

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Cite this entry
APA

cryptical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptical

MLA

“cryptical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptical. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cryptical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryptical.

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