thinly-veiled

English

Adjective

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

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