OBNUBILATED Synonyms: 119 Similar and Opposite Words

obnubilated

adjective

as in shaded

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Adjective

The exterior is well equipped for leisurely days—including a shaded hammock, large deck, and a fire pit with Adirondack chairs beneath a string of bistro lights.

— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2026
The balloting was marred by violence and irregularities, including a deadly shooting, a bomb blast and pre-shaded ballots that force delayed voting in dozens of precincts.

— Teresa Cerojano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of shaded

Adjective

Crowds in an anachronistic fashion mashup of 1950s fedoras, 1940s newsboy caps, and 1960s pillbox hats celebrate some undefined New Year’s Eve of yore.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026
How a spouse chooses to inhabit a highly visible but largely undefined role is visually articulated through their fashion.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of undefined

Adjective

Had Thursday gone differently, the present and future may have been indistinguishable.

— Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Thus the Marlowe played by Mitchum in the 1978 remake of The Big Sleep seems like an entirely different person from the original played by Bogart in 1946, despite their almost indistinguishable stories.

— Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of indistinguishable

Adjective

But what happened inside the house remains a complicated and clouded mystery.

— Joe Holden, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Deravi’s team is focused on the Pieridae family of butterflies, which includes examples like the clouded sulfur (Colias philodice) and cabbage white (Pieris rapae).

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of clouded

Adjective

Don’t make big promises while your head is foggy this morning.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 Oct. 2026
Inside a Cantonese restaurant with a view of the foggy San Francisco night, a place picked by my oh-so sophisticated local cousin Noreen, plates piled with orange chicken and honey walnut shrimp paraded past me on the lazy Susan in the center.

— Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of foggy

Adjective

However, for many years, the appearance of the mysterious orbital cannon remained shrouded in mystery.

— Micah Hanks, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026
The deals remain shrouded in secrecy, records show, because they were signed under an unusual contracting method the Defense Department uses to fund experimental weapons — work A&M has never claimed to do.

— Aaron Davis, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of shrouded

Adjective

North Texas was off to another warm start Wednesday morning, with temperatures in the 70s and 80s and partly to mostly cloudy skies.

— Damien Lodes, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Simmer the soup for about 3 hours more, checking every half hour to skim off any impurities and adding water as needed (see Note), until the broth turns cloudy and the meat on the oxtails is tender and slightly falling off the bone.

— Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026

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