Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thinly-veiled

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: thin-ly-veiled
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Attempting to be concealed, but still noticeable; poorly disguised.

Example Sentences

"Thinly-veiled homophobia – this time in early-2000s Hollywood – made Brokeback Mountain an immense challenge for Ossana and her fellow producer James Schamus."

Inflected Forms

more thinly-veiled (comparative) most thinly-veiled (superlative)

Questions

What does thinly-veiled mean?: Attempting to be concealed, but still noticeable; poorly disguised.

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