It's getting more and more shadowy, soon it will be twilight.
Source: tatoeba (326863)
Shadowy
//ˈʃæd.oʊ.i//
Synonyms for "shadowy" (187 found)
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Closest matches (38)
Strong matches (56)
dingydiscarnatedisembodieddisordereddreamlikedreamyduskyectoplasmicetherealethericextramundanefaintfanciedfancifulfatuitousfatuousfeeblefilmyfleetingfoggy
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fuzzygaseousgeneralghastlyghostishghostlikeghostlyghostygloomygossameryhalf-seenhalf-visiblehallucinatoryhazyhit-or-missill-definedillusoryimaginaryimaginedimmaterialimpalpableimponderableimpreciseinaccurateinchoateincoherentinconspicuousincorporateincorporealindecisiveindefinableindefiniteindeterminableindeterminateindistinguishable
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (93)
inexactinsubstantialintangiblelaxleafylooselow profilelow-profilemerely glimpsedmistymuddymurkynebulousnonmaterialnonphysicalnonspecificnotionalobscureobumbrateobumbrated
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occultopaqueorderlessotherworldlyout of focusovershadedovershadowedpalepenumbralphantasmalphantasmicphantomphantomicphantomlikepsychicpsychicalrandomrarefiedsemivisibleshadedshadowshadowedshadowed forthshadyshapelesssombrespecterlikespectralspiritualspirituousstochasticsubtilesubtlesunlesssupernaturalsuspectsweepingtenuoustranscendenttransitorytransmundanetwilightumbraluncertainunclearundefinedundestinedundeterminedunearthlyunembodiedunextendedunfleshlyunphysicalunplainunrealunrecognizableunspecifiedunsubstantialunworldlyvaguevaporousveiledvisionaryweakwindywraithy
Adjective(6 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 17 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- skaduagtig adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
- skaduagtig adj (Vague, unclear etc. as of an insubstantial image)
- skaduweeagtig adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
- skaduweeagtig adj (Vague, unclear etc. as of an insubstantial image)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀμαυρός adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
Bulgarian
3 entries- неясен adj (Vague, unclear etc. as of an insubstantial image)
- сенчест adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
- смътен adj (Vague, unclear etc. as of an insubstantial image)
Esperanto
1 entries- ombreca adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
Estonian
1 entries- hämar adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
Finnish
1 entries- hämärä adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
French
1 entries- sombre adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
German
1 entries- schattig adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
Irish
2 entries- foscúil adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
- scáthach adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
Italian
1 entries- ombroso adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
Latin
2 entries- obscūrus adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
- umbrōsus adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
Middle English
1 entries- schadwy adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
Māori
1 entries- whakawairua adj (Vague, unclear etc. as of an insubstantial image)
Old English
2 entries- gesceadlīc adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
- sceadiht adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
Polish
1 entries- cienisty adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
Russian
3 entries- затенённый adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
- тёмный adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
- хму́рый adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
Spanish
4 entries- sombreado adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
- sombroso adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
- sombrío adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
- umbroso adj (of or pertaining to shadow)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
Source: tatoeba (411037)
Maybe in another universe, beings are like clouds or shadows in a cloudy or shadowy milieu...
Source: tatoeba (1466048)
Once I walked through a golden valley that led to shadowy groves and ruins, and ended in a mighty wall green with antique vines, and pierced by a little gate of bronze.
Source: tatoeba (5749647)
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