Dictionary Entry

shadowy

shadowy is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses

Definitions

1adjective
Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
2adjective
Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim.
3adjective
Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
4adjective
Faintly representative; hence, typical.
5adjective
Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.
6adjective
filled with shade
"the shady side of the street"
"the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"
Synonyms
shadowed shady umbrageous
7adjective
lacking in substance- W.A.Butler
"strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"
"dim shadowy forms"
Synonyms
wraithlike
8adjective
lacking clarity or distinctness
"a dim figure in the distance"
"only a faint recollection"
Synonyms
dim faint vague wispy

Synonyms

shadowed shady umbrageous wraithlike dim faint vague wispy

Common word forms

shadowier shadowily shadowiest

Words from these letters

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