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adjective

Definition of shadowednext
as in shady
protected from the sun's rays sat in a shadowed corner of the garden

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shadowed

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verb

past tense of shadow
1
as in chased
to go after or on the track of shadowing the suspect to see what he was up to

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2
as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct thickening clouds shadowed the countryside

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3
as in shaded
to shelter (something) from light and heat a pathway shadowed by a canopy of arching branches

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shadowed
  1. shady
  2. obscured
  3. protected
  4. pursued
  5. shadowy
  6. followed
  7. traced
  8. accompanied
Adjective
  • When temperatures start to warm in spring, begin to harden off the plant by placing it in a shady spot during the daytime.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Ji Chang-wook, who plays a shady broker, is bloodied and battered from the beginning of the series to the end.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of shady
Verb
  • In both, his face is partially obscured by a blue mask.
    Cedar Attanasio and Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The manhunt has thus far relied on just a few grainy images of a man whose face is largely obscured by a mask and hoodie.
    Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of obscured
Verb
  • Unlike investing directly in the market, your cash value benefits from market gains but is protected from losses due to market downturns.
    Andre Pennington, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Ramping up security costs money, and depending on the kind of security, who is being protected and whether there’s been a formal security study done, those costs may or may not get favorable tax treatment.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of protected
Verb
  • Again, this is a hard problem and is being avidly pursued by everyone in this realm.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The 21-minute film follows two people who pursued gender-affirming care and later sought to reverse it.
    Abby Monteil, Them, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of pursued
Adjective
  • This shadowy faction has been roaming the galaxy and mass-converting citizens, but their intent is unknown — something for players to discover over the coming weeks and months.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
  • His client is the existing Powers That Be, embodied by Charles Dance’s shadowy financier.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of shadowy
Verb
  • The 2024-25 Oscars shortlist will be revealed December 17, followed by the nominations on January 17.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In the decades that followed, Kreskin performed his act for presidents, royalty and on hundreds and hundreds of television appearances.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of followed
Verb
  • The congressmen noted in the letter that, according to the most recently available ATF data between 2017 and 2021, nearly 26,000 guns were traced from American crime scenes back to a government agency, law enforcement, or the military.
    E.D. Cauchi, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The amazing find can also shed new light on early human occupation in the region – where evidence of settlement has been traced back to roughly 14,000 years.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of traced
Verb
  • There are certainly true believers in the technology, but they are accompanied by celebrities and memelords drumming up new coins based on viral memes, and scores of day traders hoping to catch one of these speculation tokens at the right moment.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Finally, the topmost aim is to allow the use of a separate video as the input source, possibly accompanied by text and images, all of which the generative AI utilizes to produce a suitable video.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of accompanied
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