transitive verb
1. to foreshadow or symbolize.
The metaphorical gun on the wall adumbrates violence later in the story.
2. to outline, sketch out, or simply describe.
Anton Chekhov adumbrated medicine as his lawful wife and literature as his mistress.
3. (rare) to conceal or disguise.
Hot chicks like dressing up as zombies to vainly demonstrate that their beauty cannot be entirely adumbrated by the look of rotting flesh and a desire to eat your brain.
Synonyms: augur, bode, cloud, darken foretell, indicate, intimate, mist, obfuscate, obscure, outline, portend, sketch, suggest.
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