All adumbrate synonyms

verb adumbrate

• sketch — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
• darken — If something darkens or if a person or thing darkens it, it becomes darker.
• outline — the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
• intimate — associated in close personal relations: an intimate friend.
• mist — a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
• suggest — to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action: The architect suggested that the building be restored.
• portend — to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
• indicate — to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show: His hesitation really indicates his doubt about the venture.
• foretell — to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
• augur — If something augurs well or badly for a person or a future situation, it is a sign that things will go well or badly.
• obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
• obfuscate — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
• bode — If something bodes ill, it makes you think that something bad will happen in the future. If something bodes well, it makes you think that something good will happen.
• cloud — A cloud is a mass of water vapour that floats in the sky. Clouds are usually white or grey in colour.
• foreshadow — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.