veiled
adjective
[ veɪld ]
• wearing or covered by a veil.
• "a veiled woman"
• expressed in an indirect way; not openly declared or expressed.
• "she gave a vague speech, making veiled references to her personal life"
veil
verb
• cover with a veil.
• "she veiled her face"
Similar:
envelop,
surround,
swathe,
enfold,
cover,
cover up,
conceal,
hide,
secrete,
camouflage,
disguise,
mask,
screen,
shield,
cloak,
blanket,
shroud,
enwrap,
canopy,
overlay,
obscure,
shade,
shadow,
eclipse,
cloud,
blot out,
block out,
blank out,
obliterate,
overshadow,
enshroud,
mantle,
bedim,
benight,
becloud,
befog,
obnubilate,
• cover, conceal, or disguise.
• "cold mists veiled the mountain peaks"
Similar:
covert,
surreptitious,
hidden,
concealed,
disguised,
camouflaged,
masked,
suppressed,
underlying,
unrevealed,
implied,
indirect,
hinted at,
ill-defined,
indistinct,
vague,
obscure,
unclear,
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French veil(e ), from Latin vela, plural of velum (see velum).
