shadiness

noun

Definition of shadinessnext
as in shade
partial darkness due to the obstruction of light rays the inviting shadiness of a woodland grove

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Recent Examples of shadiness But the gossipy tidbits almost pale next to the eye-opening shadiness of some of the business strategies. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 The actor earned breakout status thanks to perfecting a mix of faux-friendliness and corporate shadiness on Severance, and that combo is put to extremely good use here. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026 Ron’s crusade against corporate shadiness (and shoddiness) never generates much suspense. — Judy Berman, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shadiness
  1. shade
  2. shadow
  3. blackness
  4. gloom
  5. dusk
Noun
  • The pumps’ uppers and heel counter are built from a combination of semi-sheer tulle and lustrous satin in a dainty powder pink shade.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The hogs benefit from the shade in the paddocks, though the ranch also creates wallows for cooling mud baths that also provide sun protection.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of shade
Noun
  • Colors were suitably accurate and nicely saturated, and the image offered good contrast across the board from dark to bright scenes, along with impressively good shadow detail and a sense of three-dimensionality in dark scenes.
    — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The bear was also recently featured in Southern Living — for a few months each fall, a local mountain casts a shadow shaped like a bear onto the fall foliage below.
    — Eva Flowe, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of shadow
Noun
  • Passengers will experience a few minutes of weightlessness and get to see the curve of Earth against the blackness of space before coming down for a runway landing back at Spaceport America.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Nori of a perfect blackness, death-like, without the green glints of more common seaweed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of blackness
Noun
  • His dip in the polling this month seems less attributable to any new policy position or statements than to just a general gloom among California residents about the state’s direction, Baldassare said.
    — Andrew Graham October 27, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The director general was attempting to lift the gloom after being beset with questions from anxious employees about job losses, service reductions, and general retrenchment.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of gloom
Noun
  • Unlike many mosquito species that bite mostly at dawn and dusk, the mosquitoes carrying dengue feed aggressively during daytime hours and thrive in humid residential environments.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • As dusks settle in over the field, family and friends cheer for Patriot High School girls flag football team during the team’s first CIF Playoff win.
    — Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of dusk

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“Shadiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shadiness. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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