veiled

[US]/veɪld/
[UK]/veld/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. hidden; covered with a veil; unclear; implicit
v. wear a veil

Phrases & Collocations

veiled threats

veiled criticism

a veiled reference

Example Sentences

a thinly veiled criticism

a thinly veiled threat.

Dense fog veiled the bridge.

the veiled head of a bride.

There was a barely veiled hostility in her tone.

she veiled her face.

She made a lot of thinly veiled accusations.

She veiled her face before she went out.

Her words sounded like a veiled warning.

the veiled suggestions that reporters of his ilk seem to be so good at.

Under scanning electron microscopy, a polyhedral and scale-like endocyst was covered with thick ectocyst and an ostiole was veiled with operculum at the junction of ectocyst and endocyst.

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