shadowy

Meaning

1. In shadow; darkened by shadows.
2. Dark, obscure.
3. (figuratively) Vague, dim, unclear, faint of an image.
4. (dated, rare) Indulging in fancies; daydreaming.

Synonyms

shady

dim

dark

umbrageous

dusky

gloomy

murky

obscure

cloudy

☁️

shadowed

vague

faint

blear

bowery

wraithlike

shaded

wispy

sleazy

somber

spectral

suspicious

tarnation

turbid

twilight

twilit

unlighted

unlit

unreal

mirky

Orcus

abstruse

crepuscle

blurred

blurry

crepuscule

cryptic

darkness

dreamlike

dusk

elusive

fall

ghostly

haze

hell

illusory

orc

phantasmal

reflected

Translations

ombroso

sombrío

incerto

sombre

schattenhaft

umbroso

oscuro

ombragé

oscuro

schattig

undurchsichtig

ombrívol

Hölle

ombriu

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃæd.oʊ.i/

Etymology

From Middle English schadwy, schadowy, equivalent to shadow + -y.