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adumbrate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of adumbrate

to give a slight indication of beforehand

the strife in Bloody Kansas in the 1850s adumbrated the civil war that would follow

Synonyms of adumbrate

forerun, foreshadow, harbinger, herald, prefigure

Words Related to adumbrate

anticipate, foreknow, foresee

forecast, foretell, predict, prognosticate, prophesy

augur, bode, forebode (also forbode), portend, presage, promise

allude, connote, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, suggest

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