What is another word for shadows?

Pronunciation: [ʃˈadə͡ʊz] (IPA)

The word "shadows" refers to the areas where light is blocked by an object, creating a dark area. There are many synonyms for this word that can be used to convey similar meanings, including silhouettes, outlines, reflections, images, shapes, and forms. Each of these terms suggests a slightly different aspect of the absence of light, from the abstract to the more concrete. Silhouettes and outlines, for instance, emphasize the shape of an object and the boundary between light and dark, while reflections and images suggest a mirror-like quality to the darkness. Whichever term is used, they all convey the sense of something being hidden or obscured, just out of reach.

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Usage examples for Shadows

There were shadows under her dark, violet eyes.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
At Mary McKinstry's doore that afthernoon we stood till the shadows began t' fall.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
I left her at her brother's door, and she went into the shadows there, and I was left outside,-all but my heart.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine

Famous quotes with Shadows

  • I'll fill those canyons in your soul, like a river lead you home. And I'll walk a step behind, in the shadows so you shine. Just ask, it will be done and I will prove my love, until you're sure that I'm the one.
    Gary Allan
  • The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.
    Gaston Bachelard
  • I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light.
    Martha Beck
  • In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.
    Henry Ward Beecher
  • If coming events are said to cast their shadows before, past events cannot fall to leave their impress behind them.
    H. P. Blavatsky

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