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umbrous

ADJECTIVE

shaded

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dusky leafy screened sheltered

STRONG

cool dim shadowed

WEAK

adumbral bosky cloudy indistinct out of the sun shadowy umbrageous under a cloud vague

ADJECTIVE

shady

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cloudy leafy shaded shadowy

WEAK

adumbral bosky chiaroscuro cool dim dusky indistinct out of the sun screened shadowed sheltered umbrageous under a cloud vague

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clear

WEAK

aboveboard bright honorable light open reputable respectable

ADJECTIVE

umbrageous

Synonyms

WEAK

adumbral bosky cloudy cool covered dark dim dusky indistinct leafy out of the sun screened shaded shadowed shadowy shady sheltered

Example Sentences

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Van Gogh’s muscular stabs and dense ponds of paint were the antidote to academic art, requiring no need for visual tutorials: a rush of radiance for the masses toiling in their umbrous slog.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 27, 2018

Sir Roger Hollis had spent nine cold-war years as D.G., or director general of M15, Britain's counterintelligence service, a civil servant so umbrous that his name was never publicly mentioned.

From Time Magazine Archive

Harris, a master of umbrous what-ifs, is at his best here.

From Time Magazine Archive

The winter pelage is soft, dull in color, and gives the specimen a grayish or an umbrous appearance.

From Geographic Distribution and Taxonomy of the Chipmunks of Wyoming by White, John A.

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