Cryptic
Prophetic
Prophetic adjective - Being a sign of a later course of events.
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Cryptic and prophetic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cryptic" instead an adjective "Prophetic".
Both words in one sentence
- Mad Oracle: Stephen, Adam, and Callie run into Benny, a homeless man who has scribbled the cryptic and prophetic words and phrases onto the walls of the subway tunnels.
Source: Webcomic / Autumn Bay - In Autumn Bay, Stephen, Adam, and Callie run into Benny, a homeless man who has scribbled the cryptic and prophetic words and phrases onto the walls of the subway tunnels.
Source: Mad Oracle -
Cryptic Conversation: Scene 24, wherein the old man who later turns out to be the Bridgekeeper explains (but only with prophetic vagueness) how they are to find the Grail.
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