shadowiness

noun

Definition of shadowinessnext
as in vagueness

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  1. ambiguity
  2. profundity
  3. impenetrability
  4. darkness
Noun
  • There’s no The Bear-style ambiguity for awards purposes.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
  • To play the ambiguity was the most challenging and fun part of being part of the show.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of ambiguity
Noun
  • Whatever profundity the original had has been emptied out, and the new material is particularly enervating.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 14 June 2024
  • Previously taut performances unravel as a result of this extension, and the story meanders to a conclusion weighted with false profundity.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of profundity
Noun
  • Kim Gordon, The Collective A 71-year-old noise-rocker reciting spoken word over drum machines might scan as avant-garde impenetrability.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Scott blends Damon’s close-to-the-bone fragility and Alain Delon’s simmering impenetrability in making this uncertain Tom Ripley his own.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
Definition of impenetrability
Noun
  • The park, which is now recognized for its inky black skies, has long protected a sprawling system of caves and passages that offer their own brand of darkness.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
  • As to a different kind of darkness, I was impressed by Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of darkness
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