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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).

veiled [veɪld]
adj
1. disguised a veiled insult
2. (of sound, tone, the voice, etc.) not distinct; muffled
veiledly  [ˈveɪlɪdlɪ] adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.veiledveiled - 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"

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 dislikeantipatía f apenas disimulada
with veiled ironycon 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, warningversteckt
(= covered) woman, faceverschleiert; to be veiled in blackschwarz verschleiert sein
(liter, = obscured) → verborgen; mountainsumhüllt
veiled [veɪld] adj (also) (fig) → velato/a
veiled [veɪld] adj (also) (fig) → velato/a


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Turning his veiled face from one group to another, he paid due reverence to the hoary heads, saluted the middle aged with kind dignity as their friend and spiritual guide, greeted the young with mingled authority and love, and laid his hands on the little children's heads to bless them.
In his heavy and feverish sleep, a veiled form stood beside him, and laid a cold, soft hand upon him.
And she walked on again under the breaking cloud, from which there came now and then the light of a quickly veiled star, for a freezing wind had sprung up since the snowing had ceased.
 
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