Meaning & use
veiled
Partly disguised or concealed, especially referring to a hidden meaning, threat, or emotion.
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His comment carried a thinly veiled threat that everyone in the room understood.
She spoke in veiled terms about the company's financial troubles.
A note on using this word
Veiled is most often paired with 'threat,' 'reference,' or 'insult' to describe something not stated directly but still clearly implied.
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