Synonyms: shadowed, shadowy, shady, umbrageous
Definition: filled with shade
Usage: the shady side of the street; the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed; we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove; cool umbrageous woodlands
Similar words: shaded
Definition: protected from heat and light with shade or shadow
Usage: shaded avenues; o'er the shaded billows rushed the night- Alexander Pope
Synonyms: wraithlike, shadowy
Definition: lacking in substance
Usage: strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds- W.A.Butler; dim shadowy forms; a wraithlike column of smoke
Similar words: insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial
Definition: lacking material form or substance; unreal
Usage: as insubstantial as a dream; an insubstantial mirage on the horizon
Synonyms: faint, shadowy, dim, vague, wispy
Definition: lacking clarity or distinctness
Usage: a dim figure in the distance; only a faint recollection; shadowy figures in the gloom; saw a vague outline of a building through the fog; a few wispy memories of childhood
Similar words: indistinct
Definition: not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand
Usage: indistinct shapes in the gloom; an indistinct memory; only indistinct notions of what to do