adumbrate

adumbrate is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
2. transitive verb. To overshadow; to shade.
3. verb. give to understand

   "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"

   Synonyms: insinuate, intimate

4. verb. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of

   "sketch the outline of the book"

   "outline his ideas"

   Synonyms: outline, sketch

Synonyms

insinuate, intimate, outline, sketch

Common word forms

adumbrated, adumbrates, adumbrating

Words from these letters

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