📖 Definitions of "Adumbrate"
verb
- 1
To foreshadow vaguely.
- 2
To give a vague outline.
- 3
To obscure or overshadow.
🔄 Synonyms of "Adumbrate"
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Adumbrate"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| insinuateverb | To hint; to suggest tacitly (usually something bad) while avoiding a direct statement. |
| intimateverb | (ambitransitive) To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly. |
| outlineverb | (transitive) To draw an outline of; to describe. |
| sketchverb | (ambitransitive) To make a brief, basic drawing. |
| foreshadowverb | To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage. |
| forecastnoun | A prediction of the weather. |
| preshadowverb | (transitive) To foreshadow. |
| forebodeverb | To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device). |
| auspicateverb | Auspicious. |
| foreshowverb | (transitive, archaic) To show in advance; to foretell, predict. |
| figurenoun | A drawing or diagram conveying information. |
| premonstrateverb | To show beforehand; to foreshow. |
| foretokennoun | A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentiment. |
| forepointverb | (transitive) To foreshadow. |
| prefigureverb | (often in a Biblical context) To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand. |
| forbodeverb | Alternative form of forebode. [To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).] |
| fore-giveverb | (obsolete) to have a foreboding; to anticipate or predict |
| previsenoun | To foresee. |
| forecountverb | (transitive) To count beforehand. |
| forewarnverb | To warn in advance. |
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