SHADOWINESS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

shadowiness

noun

Definition of shadowiness

as in vagueness

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Noun

The vagueness of Carr’s post may be useful for his and Trump’s ongoing battle against the news media.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
The council member then upbraided the SpaceX representative for the vagueness of some of her replies.

— Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of vagueness

Noun

But the murkiness doesn’t last long in a production that achieves an admirable balance between objectivity and emotion, abstraction and representation.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Because of the legal murkiness, Pratte urges people to talk to an attorney before foregoing registration.

— Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of murkiness

Noun

That ambiguity is the central problem facing marine carbon dioxide removal, or mCDR.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Christopher Nolan’s recent film reminded me of another time when the world was awash in ambiguity and leaders needed to navigate the perilous voyage across unfamiliar territory.

— Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of ambiguity

Noun

In the 100 years since his birth, and 60 since his death, generations of writers have found inspiration in his casual profundity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
Affleck is clearly trying for something closer to poetry here, hoping the film’s visual splendor and its heightened dialogue would convey profundity.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of profundity

Noun

What The Dark Wizard does differently is grapple with Potter’s impenetrability without being able to resolve it, and consider how that indecision might change our perceptions of his life and his May 2015 death while BASE jumping in Yosemite.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025

Definition of impenetrability

Noun

Or to be up high and see that, down below, a town is just a grid spread out on a map and nothing more, a grid that flickers with lights that spark on as the darkness commences.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Allure’s guide to permanent makeup describes artists placing individual dots and adjusting size, placement and darkness to produce a natural scatter across the nose and cheeks.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026

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