- obumbration
- ob·um·bra·tion
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obumbration
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Obumbration — Ob um*bra tion, n. [L. obumbratio.] Act of darkening or obscuring. [R.] Sir T. More. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
obumbration — noun see obumbrate II … Useful english dictionary
obumbrate — obumbration, n. /ob um brayt/, v., obumbrated, obumbrating, adj. v.t. 1. to darken, overshadow, or cloud. adj. 2. Obs. overshadowed, darkened. [1505 15; < obumbratus, ptp. of obumbrare,; see OBUMBRANT, ATE1] * * * … Universalium
Obumbriren — (v. lat.), überschatten, verdunkeln; daher Obumbration, Beschattung, Verdunkelung … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Obumbriren — Obumbriren, lat. deutsch, beschatten; Obumbration, Beschattung … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
darkening — Synonyms and related words: blackening, blocking the light, burial, burying, clouding, concealedness, concealment, covering, covering up, covertness, deception, denigration, dimming, eclipsing, extinguishment, hiddenness, hiding, interment,… … Moby Thesaurus
gathering clouds — Synonyms and related words: angry clouds, black cat, black clouds, blackening, blocking the light, breakers ahead, broken mirror, cardhouse, cause for alarm, clouding, crisis, danger, danger sign, dangerous ground, darkening, dimming, early… … Moby Thesaurus
overcast — Synonyms and related words: Acheronian, Acherontic, CAT, Cimmerian, Stygian, adumbrate, aerospace, aerosphere, air hole, air pocket, airspace, becloud, bedarken, bedim, befog, begloom, bemist, black, black out, blacken, blackening, blanket, block … Moby Thesaurus
shading — Synonyms and related words: arrangement, atmosphere, balance, black spot, blackening, blocking the light, bloom, blooping, brushwork, clouding, color, composition, covering, curtaining, darkening, definition, denigration, design, dimming,… … Moby Thesaurus
shadowing — Synonyms and related words: ambuscade, ambush, ambushment, blackening, blind, blocking the light, booby trap, bugging, chase, chasing, cloak and dagger work, clouding, counterespionage, counterintelligence, darkening, dimming, dogging, eclipsing … Moby Thesaurus
