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101obscurity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Shade Nouns 1. obscurity, dimness, darkness, obscuration, obfuscation, opacity; whiteout; shade, cloud, gloom, duskiness, etc. See concealment, invisibility, cloudiness. 2. unclearness, indefiniteness,… …
102overcast — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cloudy, murky, shadowy, gloomy, dark, leaden. See cloudiness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. cloudy, clouded, not clear, not fair; see dark 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. cloudy, foggy, murky,… …
103overshadow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. eclipse, show up (inf.). See superiority. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To dominate] Syn. manage, tower above, rule; see command 2 , dominate , govern . 2. [To shade] Syn. shadow, dim, cloud; see shade 2 …
104puzzle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. riddle, conundrum, poser, enigma; mystification, perplexity, complication; dilemma, bewilderment, confusion. v. t. confound, perplex, bewilder, confuse, mystify. See difficulty, unintelligibility,… …
105shade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shadiness, shadow, umbrage, gloom, gloaming, dimness, darkness; obscurity; duskiness; shading, tone; curtain, veil, film, haziness, haze, misti[ness], cloudiness; color, hue, tint; nuance, degree;… …
106shadow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. umbra, silhouette, shade; spy, follower; reflection; shelter, protection; trace, suggestion; ghost, tail (sl.); See accompaniment, imagination. v. t. overcast, darken, shade; foreshadow, adumbrate;… …
107becloud — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. darken, obscure, cloud, overcast; see confuse , shade 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. confuse, muddle, obfuscate, darken, veil, obscure, shroud, mask, bewilder, make unclear. ANT.: clear up, clarify III (Roget s… …
108dim — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. faint, dusky, shadowy; see dark 1 . See Synonym Study at dark . • take a dim view of, Syn. suspect, disapprove, be skeptical about; see doubt 2 , oppose 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. poorly lit faint, dusky,… …
109obscure — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Vague] Syn. indistinct, vague, ambiguous, indeterminate, indefinite, enigmatic, cryptic, equivocal, unintelligible, impenetrable, inscrutable, unfathomable, unclear, insoluble, involved, uncertain, indecisive, undefined …
110bedim — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make dim or indistinct: becloud, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dim, dull, eclipse, fog, gloom, mist, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shadow. See CLEAR …
