sibylline

• Adjectif signifiant mystérieux, prophétique ou oraculaire, souvent appliqué à quelque chose de difficile à interpréter ou à comprendre.

An adjective meaning mysterious, prophetic, or oracular, often referring to something that is difficult to interpret or understand.

1. Prophetic or oracularC2formal

   Relating to or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; having the quality of foretelling the future.

   Sibyllin (prophétique)

   • The old woman's sibylline warnings were dismissed as superstition.
   • His sibylline utterances were later interpreted as predictions of the war.
   • The poem had a sibylline quality, hinting at events yet to come.

   Synonymesdivinatorymanticoracularprescientpropheticvatic

2. Mysterious or enigmaticC2formal

   Having a secret or hidden meaning; obscure and difficult to understand.

   Mystérieux ou énigmatique

   • The ancient text contained sibylline passages that scholars still debate.
   • Her sibylline smile suggested she knew more than she was letting on.
   • The instructions were so sibylline that no one could follow them.

   Synonymesambiguouscrypticdelphicenigmaticinscrutablemysteriousobscureoracular

   Antonymesclearexplicitlucidobviousplainstraightforwardunambiguous