shadowed 1 of 2

adjective

as in shady
protected from the sun's rays sat in a shadowed corner of the garden

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shadowed

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verb

past tense of shadow
1
as in chased
to go after or on the track of shadowing the suspect to see what he was up to

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2
as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct thickening clouds shadowed the countryside

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3
as in shaded
to shelter (something) from light and heat a pathway shadowed by a canopy of arching branches

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Recent Examples of shadowed
Verb
Many informants The issue of intelligence connections has shadowed the investigation ever since Moïse was found shot to death in his second-floor bedroom, and his wife, Martine, was seriously injured. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026 Gone are the swarms of national media that shadowed them for nearly a decade. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2026 Her makeup, however, went dark to add contrast to the white dress and hair, with bold brows and smoky, shadowed eyes. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2026 His upbringing was shadowed by family hardship, disorder, and betrayal. — Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026 Cornerback Jyaire Hill, one of the top NFL prospects on Michigan’s roster, shadowed Sategna and limited him to two catches for nine yards. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Tender Loving Care is a gentle, mournful, funny portrait of a family whose future is shadowed by uncertainty but tries to face life with cheeriness. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026 Paxton has been shadowed for decades by legal and ethical questions, including indictments for securities fraud, though he was not convicted. — Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026 On a planet where the temperature can top 800 degrees, the poles are frigid with deep, permanently shadowed craters packed with ice. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shadowed
  1. shady
  2. chased
  3. obscured
  4. shaded
  5. darkened
  6. tracked
  7. blurred
  8. protected
Adjective
  • Many shady electronics companies are happy to sell you the wrong component for the wrong price.
    — Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The fake image was attention-grabbing, shady, and timely — in other words, perfect for social media virality but a potential liability for the parties involved.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of shady
Verb
  • Quarterback Ryan Rakowski of Palos Verdes High was rolling right while being chased.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Hayden said 32-year-old Lemark Jaramillo had chased a 17-year-old boy into the restaurant and was trying to stab him in retaliation for a fight that happened moments before at a nearby Chipotle.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of chased
Verb
  • The Barnes & Noble—a wide, flat building in gray brick—was obscured by an enormous construction crane.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • What resonated most for me, though, was witnessing conversations where depth of understanding unveiled perspectives previously obscured.
    — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of obscured
Verb
  • No matter how much got shaded in on Thursday, that’s likely to be the prevailing stigma until Simmons demonstrates otherwise.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Their small team then hand-painted and shaded every wicker detail for realism.
    — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of shaded
Adjective
  • Around them stand darkened houses, and uncollected trash piles up on the street.
    — Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
  • This trend has been pretty pervasive among designer bags recently, with shoppers buying new Prada and Chanel bags with darkened leather to give them a used look, or sourcing vintage Celine bags with obvious signs of wear.
    — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 2 July 2026
Definition of darkened
Verb
  • Consumers’ expectations about the pace of future price hikes are closely tracked by the Federal Reserve.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Using a form of spectroscopy, the team then tracked changes in the electrons' energies over trillionths of a second.
    — Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of tracked
Verb
  • The distinction between entertainment platforms and traditional media is becoming increasingly blurred.
    — Victoria Usher, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • At the same time, prediction markets have blurred the distinction between investing, speculation and entertainment.
    — Aneri Jambusaria, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of blurred
Verb
  • Shadab protected Rauf well by keeping the strike to himself and counterpunching the bowlers by hitting boundaries early in the over.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Many of the messages, however disturbing, are protected speech under the First Amendment.
    — Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of protected

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“Shadowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shadowed. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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