veiled meaning

We can only shudder at the thinly veiled meaning of that term.

I didn't ask any more questions there because I spotted a veiled meaning.

A 'riddle' is a statement or question having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved.

The prints are atmospheric and faint, but are probably meant to reflect the veiled meanings of Dante's writings.

A few of his followers cheered, but most remained silent as the veiled meaning of the Master's words awakened a dark apprehension.

I saw the fear in his glance and knew that the words he had spoken contained a truth too potent to impart in any other way save the veiled meaning of a song.

The idea seems to have a personal but veiled meaning for Mr. Miller, and the script's very existence marks a curious turn in his career; he has rarely sounded less than disgruntled about the screenwriter's craft.

In this universe, storytelling that struck some of us as inept is regarded as purposefully ambiguous, while dialogue that thudded like a rain of squishy frogs is rich in veiled meaning.

"Well, they say that maybe . . ." Sebastian impatiently rolled his eyes when he caught the man's veiled meaning, and then fished around in his pocket until he came up with a silver coin.

While she accepts that these poems are like fables in that they use objects to "point to a veiled meaning," she claims that they are not conventional fables because their purpose is not to moralize.