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veiled

/veɪld/adjective

उच्चारण वेल्ड

छिपा हुआ, अप्रत्यक्ष, परोक्ष

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adjective
  1. 1

    [usually before noun]

    not expressed directly or clearly because you do not want your meaning to be obvious

    छिपा हुआ, अप्रत्यक्ष, परोक्ष

    • a veiled threat
    • veiled criticism
    • The letter contained a veiled warning to the tenants.
    + 2 more examples
    • She made a veiled reference to his earlier failure.
    • The article was full of veiled hints about the minister's friends.

    Synonyms hidden indirect disguised implicit covert

    Opposite open direct explicit undisguised

  2. 2

    wearing a veil

    घूँघट वाला, परदे में

    • a veiled woman
    • A veiled woman stood quietly at the temple gate.
    • A veiled bride sat quietly beside the groom.
    + 2 more examples
    • The veiled women in the village walked to the well together.
    • The old painting shows a veiled figure at the door.

    Synonyms covered masked shrouded

    Opposite unveiled uncovered

◇Word family
veil noun, verbunveil verb
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?

Keep the hidden words together: veiled, implicit (suggested, not stated), covert, oblique (indirect), cryptic (with a hidden meaning).

छिपे के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: veiled, implicit (संकेतित, कहा नहीं गया), covert, oblique (अप्रत्यक्ष), cryptic (छिपे अर्थ वाला)।

§Grammar and usage

The verb unveil means to show something new for the first time ('unveil a statue').

Verb unveil का अर्थ पहली बार कुछ नया दिखाना है ('unveil a statue')।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

A veiled threat, a thinly veiled criticism (only slightly hidden).

Collocations: a veiled threat, a thinly veiled criticism (थोड़ा-सा छिपा)।