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

Derived Forms

• veiledly, adverb

Other Words From

• veil·ed·ly [vey-lid-lee], adverb
• half-veiled adjective
• well-veiled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of veiled¹

First recorded in 1585–95; veil + -ed ³

Example Sentences

And he also made a veiled criticism of the FIA while pointing out that, while he had been punished for swearing in a news conference at the Singapore Grand Prix, no action had been taken despite Ferrari's Charles Leclerc doing the same in Mexico.

From BBC

A veiled woman sat on the ground, with her hands on her head, rocking back and forth in distress.

From BBC

Time and again, Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz employed thinly veiled code to evoke kitchen-table concerns about the economy, immigration and abortion.

From Los Angeles Times

And when that segment of the population starts talking about color, it’s really kind of a veiled reference to something foreign.

From Salon

Meanwhile, in a thinly veiled attack on Trump, the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris said this week that those who would have Ukraine swap land for peace are supporting "proposals for surrender".

From BBC

Related Words

• cloaked
• concealed