[adjective] of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible 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" Synonyms:al, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying
[adjective] having a secret or hidden meaning; "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; "cryptic writings"; "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther Synonyms:cabalistic, kabbalistic, qabalistic, al, sibylline
[adjective] having a puzzling terseness; "a cryptic note"
