cryptic remark

Frequency: 7.00.3 per million words

describes a remark that is mysterious and difficult to understand

crypticADJECTIVE + NOUN

Categories:

remark

Examples (10)

  • The detective pondered the witness's cryptic remark.
  • He left with a cryptic remark about 'seeing me soon,' which was unsettling.
  • I'm sure she'll just offer another cryptic remark if you ask her directly.
  • What did the old man mean by that cryptic remark?
  • Ignoring his cryptic remark, she continued with the presentation.
  • Her cryptic remark about the future left everyone in the room confused.
  • Throughout the meeting, the CEO would occasionally make a cryptic remark that no one understood.
  • The ancient manuscript was filled with cryptic remarks in the margins.
  • He has a habit of making a cryptic remark and then walking away.
  • We were all puzzled by his final, cryptic remark before he vanished.