veiled
Hidden from sight
Veiled describes something covered or concealed, literally or figuratively.
A veiled face is hidden behind fabric.
More often the word is metaphorical: a veiled threat is implied but not stated openly, a veiled reference hints without naming directly.
Her criticism was thinly veiled.
The opposite, unveiled, means revealed or made public.
Kept out of sight
- secretConcealed information
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
- shroudedCovered and hidden
- disguisedConcealed true identity
masked · covert · cloaked · camouflaged · cryptic · furtive · surreptitious · clandestine
Hung in loose folds
- shroudedCovered and hidden
- cloakedConcealed or covered
- enshroudedWrapped in concealment
- curtainedConcealed by hanging fabric
screened · swathed · mantled · enveloped · wrapped · blanketed · hooded · gauzy
Something hard to fathom
- secretsConcealed information
- unknownNot yet discovered
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
intrigue · arcane · esoteric · mystique · occult · sphinx · oracle · inscrutable
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- widowBereaved wife, unmarried since
- funeralService honoring the dead
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
black · mourner · condolence · loss · memorial · remembrance · somber · graveside
Marriage rite and feast
- brideWoman getting married
- nuptialsVows and rings
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- tulleFine net fabric
lace · gown · aisle · altar · blusher · cathedral · fingertip · chapel
Suggested without stating
- indirectNot straight or immediate
- subtleNot immediately obvious
- hintedSuggested without stating
- insinuatedIndirectly suggested something
oblique · covert · suggestive · ominous · menacing · underlying · unspoken · tacit
hidden
Kept out of sight
disguised · masked · covert · cloaked · camouflaged · cryptic · furtive · surreptitious · clandestine · incognito
draped
Hung in loose folds
- shroudedCovered and hidden
- cloakedConcealed or covered
- enshroudedWrapped in concealment
curtained · screened · swathed · mantled · enveloped · wrapped · blanketed · hooded · gauzy · sheer
enigma
Something hard to fathom
riddle · intrigue · arcane · esoteric · mystique · occult · sphinx · oracle · inscrutable · mysterious
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- widowBereaved wife, unmarried since
- funeralService honoring the dead
sorrow · black · mourner · condolence · loss · memorial · remembrance · somber · graveside · burial
wedding
Marriage rite and feast
tulle · lace · gown · aisle · altar · blusher · cathedral · fingertip · chapel · illusion
implied
Suggested without stating
insinuated · oblique · covert · suggestive · ominous · menacing · underlying · unspoken · tacit · implicit
- head coveringshatted, capped, helmeted, turbaned, hooded
- clothing featuresadjustable, breathable, buttoned, cuffed, durable
- Darknessblackness, pitch black, pitch-black, inkiness, murk
- Privateprivate, confidential, secret, personal, hidden
- redactedredacted, censored, blacked out, expunged, deleted
- visibilityvisibility, visible, invisible, hidden, hide
veiledovert
Plainly apparent to all
explicit · direct · open · undisguised · transparent
veiledopen
Not closed
transparent · candid · disclosed · unguarded · forthcoming
- wedding veilBride's ceremonial head covering
- bridal veilSheer fabric worn by brides
- black veilDark face covering for grief
- veiled threatDisguised warning of harm
- beyond the veilIn the afterlife
- veiled meaningImplied but unstated significance