n. Function: noun
1 comparative darkness or obscurity due to interception of light rays FF1C; trees providing shade from the sunlight FF1E;
Synonyms: adumbration, penumbra, shadow, umbra, umbrage
Related Words: blackness, darkness, dimness, obscuration, obscurity; cover, shelter
Contrasted Words: brightness, brilliancy, effulgence, radiance; blaze, glare, glow
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Synonyms: APPARITION , bogey, ghost, ||haunt, phantasm, phantom, shadow, specter, spirit, umbra
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Synonyms: COLOR 1, cast, hue, tinge, tint, tone
Related Words: intensity, saturation
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Synonyms: GRADATION , nuance
Related Words: difference, distinction, variation
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Synonyms: HINT 2, cast, soupçon, spice, streak, suggestion, suspicion, tincture, tinge, trace