Synonyms for veiled
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1. veiledadjective

   having or as if having a veil or concealing cover

   "a veiled dancer"; "a veiled hat"; "veiled threats"; "veiled insults"

   Antonyms:
   disclosed, undraped, unveiled, distinct

2. veiledadjective

   muted or unclear

   "veiled sounds"; "the image is veiled or foggy"

   Antonyms:
   disclosed, distinct, undraped, unveiled

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1. veiledadjective

   Synonyms:
   hidden, disguised, incognito

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1. List of paraphrases for "veiled":

   masked, disguised, hidden

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How to use veiled in a sentence?

1. Hope Nwakwesi:

   Widowhood remains the most hidden and veiled area of violation of human rights

2. David Mamet:

   The popularity of disaster movies expresses a collective perception of a world threatened by irresistible and unforeseen forces which nevertheless are thwarted at the last moment. Their thinly veiled symbolic meaning might be translated thus: We are innocent of wrongdoing. We are attacked by unforeseeable forces come to harm us. We are, thus, innocent even of negligence. Though those forces are insuperable, chance will come to our aid and we shall emerge victorious.

3. Franz Kafka:

   Life's splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the right word, by its right name, it will come.

4. Emerson Sykes:

   Government bodies should always strive for transparency, and the ACLU supports any good-faith effort to make public education as transparent as possible to parents and communities, but some of these so-called ‘curriculum transparency bills’ are thinly veiled attempts at chilling teachers and students from learning and talking about race and gender in schools. Their sponsors have said as much.

5. Douglas Keith:

   Justice Sotomayor was attacked for her temperament. Conservatives asked,' Is she too combative ? Is she smart enough ?' All of these thinly veiled attacks on her because of what they saw as identity politics, today, she stands out on the court as the justice most likely to speak up about the impact of the court's decisions on people's lives.