All delphian synonyms

adj delphian

• hidden — concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.
• ambiguous — If you describe something as ambiguous, you mean that it is unclear or confusing because it can be understood in more than one way.
• veiled — having a veil: a veiled hat.
• strange — unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: a strange remark to make.
• arcane — Something that is arcane is secret or mysterious.
• mysterious — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
• incomprehensible — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
• vague — not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed: vague promises.
• deep — If something is deep, it extends a long way down from the ground or from the top surface of something.
• prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
• abstruse — You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply.
• apocryphal — An apocryphal story is one which is probably not true or did not happen, but which may give a true picture of someone or something.
• cabalistic — of or relating to the cabala.
• dark — When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
• hidden — concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.
• inexplicable — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
• murky — dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
• mystic — involving or characterized by esoteric, otherworldly, or symbolic practices or content, as certain religious ceremonies and art; spiritually significant; ethereal.
• mystical — mystic; of or relating to supernatural agencies, affairs, occurrences, etc.: a strange, mystical experience.
• occult — of or relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
• opaque — not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
• oracular — of the nature of, resembling, or suggesting an oracle: an oracular response.
• perplexing — to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
• puzzling — confusing or baffling: a puzzling answer.
• recondite — dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter: a recondite treatise.
• secretive — secretory.
• tenebrous — dark; gloomy; obscure.
• unclear — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
• unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.
• mystifying — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
• delphic — of or relating to Delphi or its oracle or temple
• informative — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
• anagogic — of or relating to an anagoge.
• complicated — If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
• concealed — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
• cryptic — A cryptic remark or message contains a hidden meaning or is difficult to understand.
• intricate — having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
• knotty — having knots; full of knots: a knotty piece of wood.
• obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
• doubtful — of uncertain outcome or result.
• indecipherable — not decipherable; illegible.
• inscrutable — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
• secret — done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.
• teasing — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
• uncertain — not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
• unintelligible — not intelligible; not capable of being understood.
• sibylline — of, resembling, or characteristic of a sibyl; prophetic; oracular.
• sphinxlike — like the Sphinx; enigmatic or inscrutable
• stumping — the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
• apocalyptic — Apocalyptic means relating to the total destruction of something, especially of the world.