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Word Meanings - OBSCURATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act or operation of obscuring; the state of being obscured; as, the obscuration of the moon in an eclipse. Sir J. Herschel.

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  • DEJECTION
    1. A casting down; depression. Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides,
  • DULLNESS
    The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. Pope.
  • SHADOWY
    1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." Fenton. This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. Shak. 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow. 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon
  • GLOOMY
    1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." Milton. 2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper
  • CLOUDINESS
    The state of being cloudy.
  • SHADELESS
    Being without shade; not shaded.
  • SHADEFUL
    Full of shade; shady.
  • CLOUDLAND
    Dreamland.
  • SHADING
    1. Act or process of making a shade. 2. That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.
  • CLOUD-BURST
    A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.
  • ENHANCEMENT
    The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
  • SHADD
    Rounded stones containing tin ore, lying at the surface of the ground, and indicating a vein. Raymond.
  • OVERSHADOW
    1. To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure. There was a cloud that overshadowed them. Mark ix. 7. 2. Fig.: To cover with a superior influence. Milton.
  • SHADOOF
    A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.
  • SHADOWINESS
    The quality or state of being shadowy.
  • CLOUDBERRY
    A species of raspberry growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.
  • SHADY
    1. Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade. The shady trees cover him with their shadow. Job. xl. 22. And Amaryllis fills the shady groves. Dryden. 2. Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat. Cast it also that
  • RECOMMENDATORY
    Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift.
  • RECOMMENDER
    One who recommends.
  • SHADILY
    In a shady manner.
  • FORESHADOW
    To shadow or typi Dryden.
  • CLOUD
    arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks 1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, susponded in the upper atmosphere. I do set my bow in the cloud. Gen. ix. 13. Note: A classification of clouds according
  • DOUBLE-SHADE
    To double the natural darkness of . Milton.
  • OVERSHADE
    To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow. Shak.
  • DISSHADOW
    To free from shadow or shade. G. Fletcher.
  • UNCLOUD
    To free from clouds; to unvail; to clear from obscurity, gloom, sorrow, or the like. Beau. & Fl.

 

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