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thinly-veiled

thinly-veiled adjective: attempting to be concealed, but still noticeable; poorly disguised.

Adjective

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

  1. Attempting to be concealed, but still noticeable; poorly disguised.
    • Thinly-veiled homophobia – this time in early-2000s Hollywood – made Brokeback Mountain an immense challenge for Ossana and her fellow producer James Schamus.2025 June 20, Nick Levine, “'In every theatre, people would leave': How 'gay cowboy movie' Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US”, in BBC

Forms of thinly-veiled

comparativemore thinly-veiled
superlativemost thinly-veiled

Questions about thinly-veiled

What does thinly-veiled mean?
Thinly-veiled means attempting to be concealed, but still noticeable; poorly disguised.
What part of speech is thinly-veiled?
Thinly-veiled is an adjective.

Words near thinly-veiled in the dictionary

  1. thinktanking
  2. thinktanks
  3. thinky
  4. thinliness
  5. thinly
  6. thinly-veiled
  7. thinnable
  8. thinned
  9. thinned down
  10. thinned out
  11. thinned the herd

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