Cryptic and Nebulous

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Cryptic adjective - Having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning.

Usage example: the oracle offered only cryptic predictions that could be interpreted any number of different ways

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Nebulous and cryptic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nebulous" instead an adjective "Cryptic".

Nebulous adjective - Having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning.

Usage example: made nebulous references to some major changes the future may hold

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Cryptic and nebulous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cryptic" instead an adjective "Nebulous".

Nearby Words: nebula, nebulosity, nebulously

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