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enveloped

verb , past tense of envelop

Synonyms and Antonyms of enveloped

1 to close or shut in by or as if by barriers

a chronic mistrust of outsiders envelops that neighborhood, cutting it off from the rest of the city

Synonyms of enveloped

boxed (in), caged, closeted, cooped (up), corralled, encaged, encased, enclosed (also inclosed), fenced (in), hedged, hemmed (in), housed, immured, included, mewed (up), penned, walled (in)

Words Related to enveloped

bounded, circumscribed, confined, contained, limited, restricted

encircled, encompassed, enfolded, enframed, enlaced, framed, ringed, surrounded

armored, cocooned, encapsulated, encapsuled, encysted, ensheathed, ensphered, enwombed

2 to surround or cover closely

the truth of the presidential assassination is enveloped in a dense fog of myths and conspiracy theories

Synonyms of enveloped

bosomed, bowered, circumfused, cocooned, embosomed, embowered, embraced, enclosed (also inclosed), encompassed, enfolded, enshrouded, enswathed, enwrapped, invested, involved, lapped, mantled, muffled, shrouded, swathed, veiled, wrapped

Words Related to enveloped

curtained, draped

embedded (also imbedded), encased

blanketed, overlaid, overspread

camouflaged, cloaked, disguised, masked

circled, encircled, enlaced, enwound

Near Antonyms of enveloped

bared, denuded, exposed, stripped (also stript)

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