What does obumbrate mean?
Obumbrate means (rare) To shade; to darken; to cloud..
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/ɒˈbʌmbreɪt/ · verb
(rare) To shade; to darken; to cloud..
those clouds, which did hang over and thus obumbrate him
Use obumbrate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Obumbrate means (rare) To shade; to darken; to cloud..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
those clouds, which did hang over and thus obumbrate him
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