Thesaurus / adumbrate
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There had, in truth, scarcely yet been time enough to adumbrate the possibilities opened up by this gentleman's return.A LAODICEANTHOMAS HARDY
Feeble is human speech to deal with such high matters, serving, at the best, but dimly to adumbrate ineffable truths.THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW, JANUARY 1883VARIOUS
From now onwards the speeches of Brutus strangely adumbrate those of Hamlet.THE NEW HUDSON SHAKESPEARE: JULIUS CAESARWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Two short passages adumbrate the coming Tennyson, the rest is mystic nonsense.A. W. KINGLAKEW. TUCKWELL
A type is a symbol appointed by God to adumbrate something higher in the future, which is called the antitype.COMPANION TO THE BIBLEE. P. BARROWS
One could adumbrate triumph or disaster by the effort, sustained or otherwise, made by them.THE SOUL OF SUSAN YELLAMHORACE ANNESLEY VACHELL
So far as communism of capital is concerned, did not Cleveland's graphic statement adumbrate the conditions as they exist today?PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND NATIONAL CONSERVATION CONGRESSVARIOUS
But it is now time to state, or rather faintly to adumbrate, the grand assumption of this singular work.THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 15, NO. 88, FEBRUARY, 1865VARIOUS
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 12, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO ADUMBRATE
- adumbrate
- announce
- anticipate
- apprehend
- augur
- auspicate
- betoken
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- call
- call it
- call the shot
- crystal ball it
- declare
- disclose
- divine
- divulge
- dope
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- figure
- figure out
- forebode
- forecast
- foreknow
- foreshadow
- forewarn
- make book
- portend
- prefigure
- presage
- proclaim
- prognosticate
- prophesy
- psych
- read
- reveal
- see something coming
- signify
- soothsay
- tell
- adumbrating
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- auspicating
- betokening
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- calling
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- calling the shot
- crystal ball it
- declaring
- disclosing
- divining
- divulging
- doping
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- figuring
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- foreboding
- forecasting
- foreknowing
- foreshadowing
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- making book
- portending
- prefiguring
- presaging
- proclaiming
- prognosticating
- prophesying
- psyching
- reading
- revealing
- seeing something coming
- signifying
- soothsaying
- telling
- adumbrated
- blot out
- buried
- cached
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- cloaked
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- curtained
- disguised
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- holed up
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- kept from
- kept secret
- lay low
- locked up
- masked
- not gave away
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- obscured
- planted
- protected
- put out of the way
- reserved
- salt away
- screened
- secreted
- shadowed
- sheltered
- shielded
- shrouded
- smuggled
- squirreled
- stashed
- stifled
- stowed away
- suppressed
- took cover
- tucked away
- veiled
- went into hiding
- went underground
- withheld
- adumbrate
- blot out
- bury
- cache
- camouflage
- cloak
- cover
- curtain
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- duck
- eclipse
- ensconce
- go into hiding
- go underground
- harbor
- hold back
- hole up
- hush up
- keep from
- keep secret
- lie low
- lock up
- mask
- not give away
- not tell
- obscure
- plant
- protect
- put out of the way
- reserve
- salt away
- screen
- secrete
- shadow
- shelter
- shield
- shroud
- smuggle
- squirrel
- stash
- stifle
- stow away
- suppress
- take cover
- tuck away
- veil
- withhold
- adumbrates
- blot out
- buries
- caches
- camouflages
- cloaks
- covers
- curtains
- disguises
- dissembles
- ditches
- ducks
- eclipses
- ensconces
- goes into hiding
- goes underground
- harbors
- holds back
- holes up
- hushes up
- keeps from
- keeps secret
- lies low
- locks up
- masks
- not gives away
- not tells
- obscures
- plants
- protects
- puts out of the way
- reserves
- salt away
- screens
- secretes
- shadows
- shelters
- shields
- shrouds
- smuggles
- squirrels
- stashes
- stifles
- stows away
- suppresses
- takes cover
- tucks away
- veils
- withholds
- acquaint
- adumbrate
- advise
- allude to
- angle
- apprise
- bring up
- broach
- coax
- connote
- cue
- drop
- expose
- fish
- foreshadow
- give an inkling
- impart
- imply
- infer
- inform
- insinuate
- intimate
- jog memory
- leak
- let it be known
- let out of bag
- make
- mention
- point
- prefigure
- press
- prompt
- put flea in ear
- recall
- refer to
- remind
- say in passing
- shadow
- signify
- solicit
- spring
- tip off
- tip one's hand
- touch on
- whisper
- wink
- acquainting
- adumbrating
- advising
- allude to
- angling
- apprising
- bringing up
- broaching
- coaxing
- connoting
- cueing
- dropping
- exposing
- fishing
- foreshadowing
- giving an inkling
- imparting
- implying
- inferring
- informing
- insinuating
- intimating
- jog memory
- leaking
- letting it be knowing
- letting out of bag
- making
- mentioning
- pointing
- prefiguring
- pressing
- prompting
- putting flea in ear
- recalling
- referring to
- reminding
- saying in passing
- shadowing
- signifying
- soliciting
- springing
- tip one's hand
- tipping off
- touching on
- whispering
- winking
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