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VEILED definition: 1. Veiled words or ways of behaving are not direct or expressed clearly: 2. Veiled words or ways…. Learn more.
- English (US)
VEILED meaning: 1. Veiled words or ways of behaving are not...
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veiled definicja: 1. Veiled words or ways of behaving are...
- Veiled Spanish Translation
VEILED translate: velado, velado, cubierto por un velo,...
- Veiled: Russian Translation
VEILED translate: завуалированный . Learn more in the...
- Veiled: Polish Translation
VEILED translate: zawoalowany, zawoalowany, zamaskowany,...
- Veiled in Simplified Chinese
VEILED translate: 不明言的;含蓄的;掩饰的. Learn more in the Cambridge...
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2 meanings: 1. disguised 2. (of sound, tone, the voice, etc) not distinct; muffled.... Click for more definitions.
Veiled definition: . See examples of VEILED used in a sentence.
veiled: [adjective] having or wearing a veil or a concealing cover. characterized by a softening tonal distortion.
a veiled threat, warning, etc. is not expressed directly or clearly because you do not want your meaning to be too obvious. a thinly veiled threat; She made a veiled reference to his past mistakes.
veiled. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English veiled /veɪld/ adjective a veiled threat, warning, attack, reference etc is expressed so that its exact meaning is hidden or unclear His speech is being seen as a veiled attack on asylum-seekers. ‘I’m impressed, ’ said Greg, with thinly veiled (=only slightly hidden) sarcasm.
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The earliest known use of the adjective veiled is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for veiled is from 1551, in the writing of John Bale, bishop of Ossory, evangelical polemicist, and historian. veiled is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: veil v., ‑ed suffix1, veil n.1, ‑ed suffix2. See etymology.
