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

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

From BBC

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

Love seems scarce again today as autocracy spreads across the globe, and our vision is veiled by the fog of disinformation and the heat of enmity.

From Los Angeles Times

Through the veiled scrim, some sort of machinery can be glimpsed inside.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• cloaked
• concealed