veiled

veiled

 (vāld)

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 adv

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veiled

(veɪld)

adj.

1. having or wearing a veil.

2. not openly or directly revealed or expressed: a veiled threat.

[1585–95]

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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.

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Translations

مُحَجَّبمُقَنَّع

zahalenýzahalený závojem

verschleiert

voilé

elfátyolozottleplezett

dulinnsem er hulinn blæju

velato

som går med slør

zahalenýzahalený závojom

açıkça ifade edilmeyenduvaklıpeçeli

掩饰的蒙着面纱的

veiled

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

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

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

veiled

[veɪld] adj (also) (fig) → velato/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

veil

(veil) noun

a piece of thin cloth worn over the face or head to hide, cover, or protect it. Some women wear veils for religious reasons, to prevent strangers from seeing their faces; a veil of mist over the mountains; a veil of secrecy. sluier حِجاب воал véu závoj der Schleier slør πέπλοvelo loor روبنده huntu voileהינומה, רעלה घूंघट veo fátyol cadar (andlits)blæja velo ベール 베일, (특히 여자의) 면사포, 덮개, 씌우개, 가리개, 칸막이, 포장, 휘장, 장막 vualis, šydas, skraistė plīvurs; šķidrauts; aizsegs vel; tudung; purdah; selubung sluierslør woal, kwef, zasłona پرده ( حجاب )، پلو، مخ پټونى، بوكره، چادري: پټونى: پوښ، څيره ( تير ايستونكى véu văl, voal вуаль; пелена; покров závoj tančica veo slöja, flor ผ้าคลุมหน้า หรือศีรษะ peçe, tül, duvak 面紗 покривало; вуаль پردہ، نقاب mạng che mặt; khăn trùm đầu 面纱

verb

to cover with a veil. versluier يُغَطّي بِحِجاب، يَحْجِب، يَسْتُر забулвам cobrir com véu zahalit závojem verschleiern tilsløre καλύπτω με πέπλο velar, cubrir con un velo looritama روبنده زدن hunnuttaa voiler לְכַסוֹת בְּהִינוּמָה/רְעָלָה घूंघट करना prekriti velom (le)fátyoloz memakai cadar hylja blæju velare, ベールでおおう 베일로 가리다 pridengti vualiu/skraiste aizplīvurot; aizsegt memakai purdah versluierentilslørezasłonić, zawoalować پټول، پوښل، په پټونى پټول: څيره اچول cobrir com véu a învălui вуалировать zahaliť závojom zastreti prekriti velom beslöja คลุมหน้า หรือศีรษะด้วยผ้า örtmek 蒙上面紗 закривати покривалом نقاب لگانا che mạng; trùm đầu 蒙上面纱

veiled adjective

1. wearing, or covered by, a veil. a veiled lady; The bride was veiled. versluier مُحَجَّب забулен velado zahalený závojem verschleiert tilsløret καλυμμένος με πέπλο velado, cubierto por un velo looritatud روبند زده hunnutettu voilé מְצוּעַף छिपा हुआ prekriven velom elfátyolozott bercadar sem er hulinn blæju velato ベールをした 베일로 가려진 prisidengęs vualiu/skraiste aizplīvurots memakai vel gesluierd, versluierd (som går) med slør zawoalowany, zamaskowany اغوستى velado aco­­perit cu un văl/cu un voal закрытый вуалью zahalený závojom zakrit sa velom som bär slöja (flor) ซึ่งมีผ้าคลุมหน้า peçeli, duvaklı 蒙上面紗的 закритий вуаллю پردہ دار che mạng; trùm đầu 蒙着面纱的

2. (only slightly) disguised. a veiled threat. verskuilde مُقَنَّع неясен velado zahalený verschleiert sløret συγκαλυμμένος velado, encubierto varjatud پوشیده؛ نهان peitelty voiléרעול घूंघट युक्त prikriven leplezett tersamar dulinn velato 隠された 분명치 않은 paslėptas, užmaskuotas slēpts; maskēts tersembunyi verholentilslørt zawoalowany اغوستى velado voa­lat завуалированный zahalený prikrit prikriven beslöjad ปลอมแปลง açıkça ifade edilmeyen (稍微)掩飾的 прикритий ڈھکا چھپا che đậy, che dấu （稍微）掩饰的

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