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shadowy

shad·ow·y
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shad-oh-ee]
    • /ˈʃæd oʊ i/
    • /ˈʃæd.əʊ.i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shad-oh-ee]
    • /ˈʃæd oʊ i/

Definitions of shadowy word

  • adjective shadowy resembling a shadow in faintness, slightness, etc.: shadowy outlines. 1
  • adjective shadowy unsubstantial, unreal, or illusory: shadowy preoccupations. 1
  • adjective shadowy abounding in shadow; shady: a shadowy path. 1
  • adjective shadowy enveloped in shadow. 1
  • adjective shadowy casting a shadow. 1
  • adjective shadowy indistinct 1
See all 18 definitions of shadowy

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Origin of shadowy

First appearance:

before 1325
One of the 16% oldest English words
First recorded in 1325-75, shadowy is from the Middle English word shadewy. See shadow, -y1

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Parts of speech for Shadowy

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Shadowy

shadowy popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for shadowy

adj shadowy

  • adumbral — shadowy
  • aphotic — characterized by or growing in the absence of light
  • apparitional — of or relating to an apparition or apparitions; ghostly, spectral
  • asomatous — having no material body; incorporeal.
  • black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.

adjective shadowy

  • amphibological — (rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
  • anonymous — If you remain anonymous when you do something, you do not let people know that you were the person who did it.
  • atramentous — similar to or as black as ink
  • corpselike — Resembling a corpse.
  • dim — DIM statement

noun shadowy

  • dimness — not bright; obscure from lack of light or emitted light: a dim room; a dim flashlight.
  • fuzziness — of the nature of or resembling fuzz: a soft, fuzzy material.
  • wraith — an apparition of a living person supposed to portend his or her death.
All 84 Synonyms of shadowy

Antonyms for shadowy

adj shadowy

  • all there — having his or her wits about him or her; of normal intelligence
  • apprehensible — capable of being comprehended or grasped mentally
  • clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
  • comprehendible — comprehensible
  • graspable — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.

adjective shadowy

  • neon — Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
All 7 Antonyms of shadowy

Related words

  • cloudy

    If it is cloudy, there are a lot of clouds in the sky.

  • dusky

    somewhat dark; having little light; dim; shadowy.

  • ghost

    the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.

  • gloomy

    dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.

  • imaginary

    existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss.

  • penumbra

    Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
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