SHROUDED Synonyms: 225 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in cloaked

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verb

past tense of shroud

as in concealed

to keep secret or shut off from view shrouded the fact that the child had been adopted

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as in obscured

to make dark, dim, or indistinct the smog shrouded our aerial view of the city

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as in wrapped

to surround or cover closely during rainy season the summit of the mountain is shrouded in mist

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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 But the star here is the dum biryani—in vegetarian, chicken, and goat varieties—that comes shrouded beneath a crust of bread. — Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026 The whole image turns red as a gruesomely shrouded body is wheeled out on a stretcher, dark hair cascading down the side. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026 But smokejumpers generally eschew the spotlight—even a hint of braggadocio amid their ranks is looked down upon—and so their work feels especially shrouded. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026 And yet, to those who are unfamiliar with its inner workings, the pageant world might appear shrouded in mystery. — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 Liberia’s agreement to accept up to 1,200 deportees from the US remains shrouded in mystery a day after the first 20 arrivals landed in Monrovia, leaving many wondering what Liberia is getting in return. — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026 If that was not confusing enough, the calendar remains shrouded in uncertainty until only a few weeks before the first match of each campaign, when the PCB belatedly announces the fixtures. — Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Verb

Because their earliest years are spent shrouded in clouds of dust, these nascent stars can be hard to spot. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026 The stables, or caballeriza, meanwhile, are a more modern, minimalist affair than the main house, with a handful of private gardens shrouded behind fresh, fledgling hedgerows and gray subway-style bathroom tiles. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 The love story between Elon Musk and Zilis, currently a senior executive at Musk's nanotechnology company, Neuralink, is shrouded in mystery. — Kahina Sekkaï, Vanity Fair, 3 Oct. 2026 Who actually administers lethal injection drugs is often shrouded in secrecy, like many aspects of the process, Lain said. — Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026 The circumstances around their deaths are shrouded in mystery even as the search has concluded at a property in Lancaster where law enforcement spent two days digging. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 However, for many designers, the pitching and publication process often feels shrouded in secrecy. — Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 22 Sep. 2026 One of Eagle's concerns is that the proposals are shrouded in secrecy. — Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026 The ridge was shrouded in coastal fog; a few members of the grazing co-op had gathered to help. — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

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Vikings Hall of Famer John Randle equated Ryan to the person, cloaked head to foot in soot, who shovels coal into a train engine without the passengers ever seeing his face.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026
The scene opened with a cloaked figure trudging through dark city streets as ominous holiday tunes emanate from the surrounding businesses.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 July 2026

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Both of us gravitated toward the dot cake, vanilla cake and buttercream, entirely obscured by a psychedelic layer of rainbow sprinkles, an online phenomenon neither of us had tried.

— Tanya Bush, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026
The same repositioning also obscured the screws that hold the GPU brace’s mounting bracket.

— Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of obscured

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On a late September afternoon, Mariposa Park Apartments in west Fort Worth was quiet, yet the blue tarp, failing roof and wire fence wrapped around the complex about the aftermath of a fire that tore it apart a month ago.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026
Cambria Wells, the center’s education and outreach manager, recalls a hummingbird that was similarly wrapped in webbing and didn’t make it.

— Katie Koschalk, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026

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Khan’s spokesperson, Zulfiquar Bukhari, condemned the suspension of the provincial government, calling it a disguised coup.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Voting rights advocates argue that requirements to present birth certificates or passports in order to register to vote is a disguised effort to make voting more difficult, depressing turnout and in effect disenfranchising voters.

— Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2026

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Other suites are even more striking, covered from head to toe in a flora wallpaper and bright, colorful custom furniture.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026
Construction crews stripped the president's name from the exterior in June, but the front portico of the building has since been covered by a tarp, concealing most of its name.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of covered

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Menon's photo reveals spectacular pink, purple and red auroras glowing in Earth's upper atmosphere above a sparse dappling of city lights, subtly blurred by the motion of the orbital spacecraft over the course of the exposure.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
But as the spectacle grew, the distinction between personal style and dressing for visibility became increasingly blurred.

— Alex Badia, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of blurred

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Take Sophie Rowell, founder of Côte de Folk, who, in one project, recently enveloped walls and floors in a deep olive green, adding a sense of tactility by forgoing hard flooring and rugs in favor of wall-to-wall carpet.

— Hannah Coates, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2026
Umanmielen kept pushing Sewell backward and then, finally, enveloped Goff in his arms for his third sack of the season.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026

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