adj. Function: adjective
being intentionally obscure and mysterious FF1C; the senator made some cryptic statements about intelligence operations FF1E;
Synonyms: dark, Delphian, enigmatic, mystifying; compare OBSCURE 3
Related Words: equivocal, murky, obscure, opaque, tenebrous, unclear, uninformative, vague; incomprehensible, inexplicable, strange, unfathomable; abstruse, mysterious; evasive, secretive