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troublesome
English
Etymology
trouble +? -some
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??b?ls?m/, /?t??bl?s?m/
Adjective
troublesome (comparative more troublesome, superlative most troublesome)
- Causing trouble or anxiety
- The computer has been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it.
- Synonyms: vexatious, burdensome, wearisome
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:annoying
Antonyms
- untroublesome
- nontroublesome
Translations
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cryptic
English
Alternative forms
- cryptick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Late Latin crypticus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (kruptikós), from ??????? (kruptós, “hidden”), from ?????? (krúpt?, “to hide”). Compare cryptology.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??pt?k/
Adjective
cryptic (comparative more cryptic, superlative most cryptic)
- Having hidden meaning.
- Mystified or of an obscure nature.
- Involving use of a code or cipher.
- Of a crossword, or a clue in such a crossword, using, in addition to definitions, wordplay such as anagrams, homophones and hidden words to indicate solutions.
- (zoology) Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.
- (zoology) Serving as camouflage.
- (biology, not comparable) Apparently identical, but actually genetically distinct.
- (zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.
- Synonym: (less common) cryptozoic
- 1999, Rachel Wood, Reef Evolution, p. 95:
- Much of the Permian Capitan reef was strongly differentiated into open surface and cryptic communities.
Translations
Noun
cryptic (plural cryptics)
- (informal) A cryptic crossword.
- 2009, Bill Taylor, Building a crossword (in Toronto Star, 1 February 2009)
- This writer has been solving cryptics for 40 years and can usually crack Araucaria, though it might take a couple of days.
- 2009, Bill Taylor, Building a crossword (in Toronto Star, 1 February 2009)
Derived terms
- cryptically
- cryptogram
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