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hid·den (hid′'n)
adjective
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
hidden
modif.
Secret
esoteric, clandestine, surreptitious; see secret 3, obscure 3, unknown 1.Concealed from view
secreted, secluded, out of sight, private, covert, concealed, undercover, occult, arcane, in the dark, in a haze, in a fog, in darkness, masked, screened, veiled, cloaked, obscured, disguised, socked in, invisible, clouded, sealed, unobserved, blotted, in eclipse, impenetrable, unseen, eclipsed, unexposed, camouflaged, enshrouded, undetected, shrouded, shadowy, unknown, indiscernible, latent, buried, opaque, deep, unsuspected, inscrutable, unapparent, inexplicable, illegible, unintelligible, imperceptible, puzzling, unobserved, out of view, dim, recondite, overlaid, clandestine, subterranean, cloistered, suppressed, secured, hermetic, dark, inward, underground, unrevealed, undisclosed, imperceivable, inert, withheld, surreptitious, sequestered, underhand, unsearchable, kept in the dark*, under wraps*, kept dark*; see also covered 1, isolated, obscure 1, withdrawn.Mysterious
symbolical, abstruse, cryptic; see magic 1, mysterious 2, secret 1.
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Modifying Another Word
- cleverly: Solve rhyming riddles by finding hundreds of cleverly hidden objects, ra Focus Multimedia Britannica Encyclopedia Deluxe Millenium Ed.
Modifies a noun
- gem: At the same time, hidden gems wait for you on the video store shelf.
Used with adjective complement
- lie: Modern turf cutting this century has given us a glimpse of what lies hidden.
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
Theartof painting cannot betrulyjudgedsave bysuchas are themselves good painters; from others verily it is hidden even as a strange tongue.
The Hidden Persuaders.
But there is yet another form of this hidden heresy, and, paradoxically, it can affect those who are proudest of their long-standing and unimpeachable orthodoxy; heresy in the form of indifference.
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