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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shady |
| Synonyms: | adumbral, bosky, cloudy, cool*, dim, dusky, indistinct, leafy, out of the sun, screened, shadowed, shadowy, sheltered, umbrageous, umbrous, under a cloud, vague |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Concept: | Shade. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; light in general |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
shade; awning (cover); parasol, sunshade, umbrella; chick; portiere; screen, curtain, shutter, blind, gauze, veil, mantle, mask; cloud, mist, gathering. of clouds., umbrage, glade; shadow.
-verbs
draw a curtain; put up a shutter, close a shutter; veil; cast a shadow (darken).
-adjectives
shady, umbrageous.
-phrases
"welcome ye shades! ye bowery thickets hail" [Thomson]
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| Antonyms: | luminary |
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| Main Entry: | colored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not white |
| Synonyms: | dyed, flushed, glowing, hued, shaded, stained, tinged, tinted, washed |
| Antonyms: | white |
| Main Entry: | dark |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lack of light |
| Synonyms: | Cimmerian, aphotic, atramentous, black, blackish, caliginous, clouded, cloudy, crepuscular, darkened, dim, dingy, drab, dull, dun, dusk, dusky, faint, foggy, gloomy, grimy, ill-lighted, indistinct, inky, lightless, lurid, misty, murky, nebulous, obfuscous, obscure, opaque, overcast, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, rayless, shaded, shadowy, shady, somber, sooty, stygian, sunless, tenebrous, unlighted, unlit, vague |
| Antonyms: | bright, brilliant, illuminated, light, lucid, luminous, radiant, shining, visible, vivid |
| Main Entry: | gray/grey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | muted silver in color |
| Synonyms: | ash, ashen, battleship, cinereal, clouded, dingy, dove, drab, dusky, dusty, granite, heather, iron, lead, leaden, livid, mousy, neutral, oyster, pearly, peppery, powder, sere, shaded, silvered, silvery, slate, smoky, somber, stone |
| Main Entry: | leafy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant in foliage |
| Synonyms: | abounding, abundant, covered, green, hidden, leafed, leaved, shaded, shady, umbrageous, verdant, wooded |
| Antonyms: | leafless |
| Main Entry: | shady |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark, covered |
| Synonyms: | adumbral, bosky, chiaroscuro, cloudy, cool, dim, dusky, indistinct, leafy, out of the sun, screened, shaded, shadowed, shadowy, sheltered, umbrageous, umbrous, under a cloud, vague |
| Antonyms: | bright, light, open |
| Main Entry: | soft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | faint, temperate |
| Synonyms: | ashen, balmy, bland, caressing, comfortable, cool, cushy, delicate, diffuse, dim, dimmed, dulcet, dull, dusky, gentle, hazy, lenient, light, low, low-key, mellifluous, mellow, melodious, mild, misty, murmured, muted, pale, pallid, pastel, pleasing, quiet, restful, shaded, smooth, sober, soothing, subdued, sweet, tinted, toned down, twilight, understated, wan, whispered |
| Antonyms: | harsh, loud, rough, severe |
| Main Entry: | subdued |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quiet, controlled |
| Synonyms: | chastened, crestfallen, dejected, dim, domestic, domesticated, down in the mouth, downcast, grave, hushed, inobtrusive, low-key, mellow*, moderated, muted, neutral, out of spirits, repentant, repressed, restrained, sad, serious, shaded, sober, soft, softened, solemn, submissive, subtle, tasteful, tempered, toned down, unobtrusive |
| Antonyms: | aroused, boisterous, communicative, excited, roused, talkative, uncontrolled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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