veiled

veiled  (vld)

adj.

1. Covered with a veil: the veiled head of a bride.

2. Concealed or disguised as if with a veil: "slur-footed ironies, veiled jokes, tiptoe malices" (Edith Wharton).

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veiled [veɪld]

adj

1. disguised a veiled insult

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

veiledly  [ˈveɪlɪdlɪ] adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	veiled - having or as if having a veil or concealing cover; "a veiled dancer"; "a veiled hat"; "veiled threats"; "veiled insults" unveiled - revealed; especially by having a veil removed; "a new generation of unveiled women in Iran"; "applauding the unveiled statue of Winston Churchill"
	2.	veiled - muted or unclear; "veiled sounds"; "the image is veiled or foggy" indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"

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veiled

adjective disguised, implied, hinted at, covert, masked, concealed, suppressed He made a veiled threat to withdraw his support if we continued.

Translations

veiled [veɪld] ADJ [threat, hint, criticism, insult] → velado; [reference] → encubierto
thinly-veiled dislike → antipatía f apenas disimulada
with veiled irony → con velada ironía

veiled [ˈveɪld] adj

[woman, girl] → voilé(e)

[reference, criticism, threat] → voilé(e)
thinly veiled → à peine voilé(e)
a thinly veiled criticism → une critique à peine voilée

veiled

adj

reference, attack, criticism, threat, warning → versteckt

(= covered) woman, face → verschleiert; to be veiled in black → schwarz verschleiert sein

(liter, = obscured) → verborgen; mountains → umhüllt

veiled [veɪld] adj (also) (fig) → velato/a

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veiled [veɪld] adj (also) (fig) → velato/a