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shroud

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of shroud

something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth

  • the truth of the affair will always be hidden under a shroud of secrecy
Synonyms of shroud

blanket, cloak, cope, cover, cover-up, covering, coverture, curtain, hood, mantle, mask, pall, penumbra, robe, veil, wraps
Words Related to shroud

blind, concealer, screen, shield

fig leaf, Potemkin village, Trojan horse

camouflage, disguise, facade (also façade), face, mask, veneer

gloss, varnish

shroud

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of shroud

1 to keep secret or shut off from view

  • shrouded the fact that the child had been adopted
Synonyms of shroud

belie, blanket, blot out, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain, disguise, enshroud, hide, mask, obscure, occult, paper over, screen, suppress, veil
Words Related to shroud

bury, camouflage, cover (up), smother

gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash

becloud, bedim, befog, block, cloud, darken, eclipse, obstruct, occlude, overcast, overshadow, shade
Near Antonyms of shroud

bring out, present

clarify, illuminate

advertise, air, broadcast, get out, proclaim, publicize, publish, spread
Antonyms of shroud

bare, disclose, display, divulge, expose, reveal, show, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil

2 to make dark, dim, or indistinct

  • the smog shrouded our aerial view of the city
Synonyms of shroud

becloud, bedim, befog, blacken, blear, blur, cloud, darken, dim, dislimn, fog, fuzz (up), haze, mist, obscure, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, shadow
Words Related to shroud

adumbrate, blot out, conceal, eclipse, hide, obliterate, screen, shade

camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, disguise, mask, veil
Near Antonyms of shroud

expose, reveal, uncover, unveil
Antonyms of shroud

brighten, illuminate, illumine, light (up), lighten

3 to surround or cover closely

  • during rainy season the summit of the mountain is shrouded in mist
Synonyms of shroud

bosom, bower, circumfuse, cocoon, embosom, embower, embrace, enclose (also inclose), encompass, enfold, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, invest, involve, lap, mantle, muffle, swathe, veil, wrap
Words Related to shroud

curtain, drape

embed (also imbed), encase

swaddle

blanket, overlay, overspread

camouflage, cloak, disguise, mask

circle, encircle, enlace, enwind
Near Antonyms of shroud

bare, denude, expose, strip

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