adumbrate

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To foreshadow vaguely.
2. verb To give a vague outline.
3. verb To obscure or overshadow.

Similar words

insinuate intimate outline sketch foreshadow forecast preshadow forebode auspicate foreshow

Often followed by

the a an in some his what this and

Word family

adumbrated adumbrates adumbrating adumbration adumbrations adumbrative adumbratively