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veiled
(vāld)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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veiled
(veɪld)adj
1. disguised: a veiled insult.
2. (of sound, tone, the voice, etc) not distinct; muffled
veiledly adv
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veiled
(veɪld)adj.
1. having or wearing a veil.
2. not openly or directly revealed or expressed: a veiled threat.
[1585–95]
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Adj. | 1. | veiled - having or as if having a veil or concealing cover; "a veiled dancer"; "a veiled hat"; "veiled threats"; "veiled insults" unveiled - revealed; especially by having a veil removed; "a new generation of unveiled women in Iran"; "applauding the unveiled statue of Winston Churchill" |
2. | veiled - muted or unclear; "veiled sounds"; "the image is veiled or foggy" indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do" |
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veiled
adjective disguised, implied, hinted at, covert, masked, concealed, suppressed He made a veiled threat to withdraw his support if we continued.
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Translations
مُحَجَّبمُقَنَّع
zahalenýzahalený závojem
elfátyolozottleplezett
dulinnsem er hulinn blæju
zahalenýzahalený závojom
açıkça ifade edilmeyenduvaklıpeçeli
veiled
[veɪld] ADJ [threat, hint, criticism, insult] → velado; [reference] → encubiertothinly-veiled dislike → antipatía f apenas disimulada
with veiled irony → con velada ironía
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veiled
adj
reference, attack, criticism, threat, warning → versteckt
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veiled
[veɪld] adj (also) (fig) → velato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
veil
(veil) noun a piece of thin cloth worn over the face or head to hide, cover, or protect it. Some women wear veils for religious reasons, to prevent strangers from seeing their faces; a veil of mist over the mountains; a veil of secrecy.
verb to cover with a veil.
veiled adjective1. wearing, or covered by, a veil. a veiled lady; The bride was veiled.
2. (only slightly) disguised. a veiled threat.
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