shaded

adjshady

Synonyms for shaded

adj shady

Word Origin & History

Middle English schade, Kentish ssed, from late Old English scead "partial darkness; shelter, protection," also partly from sceadu "shade, shadow, darkness; shady place, arbor, protection from glare or heat," both from Proto-Germanic *skadwaz (cf. Old Saxon skado, Middle Dutch scade, Dutch schaduw, Old High German scato, German Schatten, Gothic skadus), from PIE *skot-wo-, from root *skot- "dark, shade" (cf. Greek skotos "darkness, gloom," Albanian kot "darkness," Old Irish scath, Old Welsh scod, Breton squeut "darkness," Gaelic sgath "shade, shadow, shelter").

Figurative use in reference to comparative obscurity is from 1640s. Meaning "a ghost" is from 1610s; dramatic (or mock-dramatic) expression "shades of _____" to invoke or acknowledge a memory is from 1818, from the "ghost" sense. Meaning "lamp cover" is from 1780. Sense of "window blind" first recorded 1845. Meaning "cover to protect the eyes" is from 1801. Meaning "grade of color" first recorded 1680s; that of "degree or gradiation of darkness in a color" is from 1680s (cf. nuance, from French nue "cloud"). Meaning "small amount or degree" is from 1782.

Example Sentences for shaded

She stood by the table, the light from a shaded lamp making her colour glow.

She made no reply, but opened the door into the cool and, shaded little parlor.

It was shaded by dark chestnut hair, just silvered with grey.

He shaded the dinner, cooled the wines, chilled the gravy, and blighted the vegetables.

Still, the Doctor, with shaded forehead, beat his foot nervously on the ground.

She came into the parlor, clasping the bowl of a shaded lamp—the only light in the room.

It was so huge and shadowy, with only shaded lights here and there.

It will be more distinct if the ground glass be shaded from the light.

Before us was a driveway, shaded by great elms and bordered by rose hedges.

Bishop shaded his eyes with his hand to look in the direction in which she was pointing.

shaded

Synonyms for shaded

dark

darker

darkest

gray

gray/grey

shaded

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More words related to shaded

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dark

darker

darkest

gray

gray/grey

Synonyms for shaded

colored