Meanings
adjectivethinly-veiled (comparative more thinly-veiled, superlative most thinly-veiled)
comparative more thinly-veiled · superlative most thinly-veiled
- Attempting to be concealed, but still noticeable; poorly disguised.
Thinly-veiled homophobia – this time in early-2000s Hollywood – made Brokeback Mountain an immense challenge for Ossana and her fellow producer James Schamus.
2025 June 20, Nick Levine, “'In every theatre, people would leave': How 'gay cowboy movie' Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US”, in BBC
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