shadowlike

adjective

Definition of shadowlikenext
as in shadowy

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  1. shadowy
  2. fuzzy
  3. faint
  4. muddy
  5. uncertain
  6. shaded
  7. indistinct
  8. foggy
Adjective
  • No other spacecraft has ever descended into the moon’s shadowy south polar craters, although NASA did crash a rocket into one in 2009 and watched a resultant plume of water vapor burst out.
    — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The hit series created by Taylor Sheridan focuses on the shadowy world of black operations in the CIA and the military.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of shadowy
Adjective
  • Meadow walked the red carpet in a white tank with fuzzy pants and matching sandals and took photos alongside her late father’s costars ahead of the screening.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Photos were fuzzy—Swift appeared in an, ahem, lavender haze care of a sparkly lilac mini-dress.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of fuzzy
Adjective
  • With all those stars clumped together, even fainter globular clusters will typically be easier to spot than the smaller variety.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • For astronomers, these satellites would become a nightmare for observations, crowding out and obscuring fainter objects or even challenging the Milky Way’s prominence with their glare.
    — Arielle Frommer, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of faint
Adjective
  • The finish should be clean, not muddy, metallic, or aggressively fishy.
    — Felipe Riccio, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Drone footage shared by the city showed houses, vehicles and roads submerged in muddy floodwater.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of muddy
Adjective
  • Why people are uncertain about vaccines Vaccine hesitancy is much more complicated than outright opposition to vaccines, Steier said.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Traditional business moats are eroding, exemplified by Chegg's collapse, as the market prices certainty into an inherently uncertain technology, causing unprecedented volatility and layoffs.
    — Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of uncertain
Adjective
  • Lichens are normally found on older shaded leaves that drop from the trees during spring.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Mowing with the mower at its highest setting keeps the turf canopy full and shaded.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of shaded
Adjective
  • Yet cycling’s code of ethics is both large and indistinct; the scale of Pogačar’s dominance threatens its traditions.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026
  • There, a holiday somewhere hot and indistinct, the only clear memory compressed into the feeling of rough grains of sand studding her feet.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Definition of indistinct
Adjective
  • The Further, in other words, doesn’t just have to be a foggy, dim netherworld.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Brain Fog Feeling mentally foggy or having difficulty concentrating could be a subtle sign that your omega-3 levels are low.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Verywell Health, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of foggy
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“Shadowlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shadowlike. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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