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veiled

[veyld]

adjective

  1. having a veil.

    a veiled hat.

  2. covered or concealed by, or as if by, a veil.

    a veiled woman.

  3. not openly or directly expressed; masked; disguised; hidden; obscure.

    a veiled threat.

  4. lacking clarity or distinctness.

    veiled sounds; a veiled image.



veiled

/ veɪld, ˈveɪlɪdlɪ /

adjective

  1. disguised

    a veiled insult

  2. (of sound, tone, the voice, etc) not distinct; muffled

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • veiledly adverb
  • half-veiled adjective
  • well-veiled adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of veiled1

First recorded in 1585–95; veil + -ed 3
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And when they sought legal advice to try to recoup their losses, they say that a park employee made veiled threats to them.

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Things began to come to a head with “Don’t Worry Baby,” Wilson’s thinly veiled rewrite of The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” which he considered to be pop’s finest moment.

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In one case, she said, a worker was owed a final paycheck for a discontinued job, but the employer made a veiled threat, warning that showing up to retrieve it could be costly.

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“This action by Ford is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to silence firms who would dare to hold them responsible and seek justice for consumers,” the statement said.

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After Pope Leo became the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church earlier this month, it emerged he had previously appeared to make veiled criticisms of Vance and the wider Trump administration's migration stance.

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