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Dictionary: veiled   (vāld) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Covered with a veil: the veiled head of a bride.
  2. Concealed or disguised as if with a veil: "slur-footed ironies, veiled jokes, tiptoe malices" (Edith Wharton).

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adj

Definition: covert
Antonyms: blatant, overt


WordNet: veiled
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: having or as if having a veil or concealing cover
  Antonym: unveiled (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: muted or unclear


Translations: Veiled
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tilsløret, skjult, sløret, utydelig

idioms:

  • veiled insult    skjult fornærmelse
  • veiled threat    indirekte trussel

Nederlands (Dutch)
bedekt, verkapt, versluierd (ook van stem)

Français (French)
adj. - voilé

idioms:

  • veiled insult    insulte voilée
  • veiled threat    menace voilée

Deutsch (German)
adj. - versteckt, verschleiert, verhüllt

idioms:

  • veiled insult    verschleierte Beleidigung
  • veiled threat    verschleierte Bedrohung

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πεπλοφόρος, (μτφ.) υποκρυπτόμενος, συγκεκαλυμμένος

idioms:

  • veiled insult    συγκαλυμμένη προσβολή
  • veiled threat    συγκαλυμμένη απειλή

Italiano (Italian)
velato

idioms:

  • veiled insult/threat    insulto velato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - velado, escondido

idioms:

  • veiled insult/threat    insulto/ameaça disfarçado (a)

Русский (Russian)
закрытый вуалью, замаскированный, с хрипотцой

idioms:

  • veiled insult/threat    завуалированное оскорбление или угроза

Español (Spanish)
adj. - velado, disfrazado, indirecto

idioms:

  • veiled insult    insulto velado
  • veiled threat    amenaza velada

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - beslöjad, förtäckt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
以面罩遮掩的, 隐藏的

idioms:

  • veiled insult    隐含的诬辱
  • veiled threat    隐含的恫吓

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 以面罩遮掩的, 隱藏的

idioms:

  • veiled insult    隱含的誣辱
  • veiled threat    隱含的恫嚇

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 베일로 가린, 감추어진, 분명하지 않은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ベールをかぶった, 隠された

idioms:

  • veiled insult/threat    間接的な脅し

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) محجب, مقنع ( امراة)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מצועף, עוטה צעיף, מוסתר‬


 
 
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