occult
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Synonyms & Antonyms for occult
Synonyms: Verb
belie, blanket, blot out, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain, disguise, enshroud, hide, mask, obscure, paper over, screen, shroud, suppress, veil
Synonyms: Adjective
arcane, cryptic, deep, enigmatic (also enigmatical), impenetrable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, uncanny
Antonyms: Verb
bare, disclose, display, divulge, expose, reveal, show, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil
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Examples of occult in a Sentence
Verb
occulted their house from prying eyes by planting large trees around it the actor's private life had long been occulted by a contrived public personaAdjective
occult practices such as magic and fortune-telling He began to believe he had occult powers.
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
In July, 2017, the object occulted a star, and telescopes observed its tiny shadow passing across the star. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "The soon-to-be-famous object at the Solar System’s edge needs a name," 7 Nov. 2017 And for some lucky sky-watchers in eastern Brazil and in central and southern Africa, the moon will occult the star. — National Geographic, "Spring Meteor Shower and 6 More Sky Events in May," 1 May 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The paper, a slim five pages, focuses on the use of digital root analysis (a type of calculation that has been used in occult numerology) to rapidly identify prime numbers and a sort of multiplication table for factoring primes. — Wired, "Alleged 'Snake Oil' Crypto Firm Sues Over Boos at Black Hat," 24 Aug. 2019 The paper, a slim five pages, focuses on the use of digital root analysis (a type of calculation that has been used in occult numerology) to rapidly identify prime numbers and a sort of multiplication table for factoring primes. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Alleged “snake oil” crypto company sues over boos at Black Hat [Updated]," 23 Aug. 2019 This episode supposes that not all of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was made up, and that there are, in fact, powerful occult forces out there in small-town America. — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, "We Want You to Believe: 15 Episodes to Get Started With 'The X-Files'," 12 June 2015 Unfortunately, the occult object is pretty dangerous. — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, "Supernatural binge guide: 75 essential episodes to watch," 31 July 2019 Once again, the series deals with Satanism, witchcraft, and the occult by refusing to take it too seriously. — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, "We Want You to Believe: 15 Episodes to Get Started With 'The X-Files'," 12 June 2015 John Constantine, the occult magician and con man otherwise known as Hellblazer, appeared in one of the earliest issues of The Sandman by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, and Mike Dringenberg. — Christian Holub, EW.com, "John Constantine joins the Sandman Universe this fall," 9 July 2019 Jazz-age eccentrics like Aleister Crowley took it as a direct line to the occult. — The Economist, "A mind-bending history of mescaline," 28 June 2019 Rebennack, who'd long had a fascination with occult mysticism and voodoo, told Battiste about creating a musical personality out of Dr. John, a male version of Marie Laveau, the voodoo queen. — Author: Kevin Mcgill, Cain Burdeau, Anchorage Daily News, "Dr. John, funky musical ‘night-tripper’ of New Orleans, is dead," 7 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'occult.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.