different between shadowy vs overcast
shadowy
English
Etymology
shadow +? -y
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??æd.o?.i/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??æd.??.i/
- Hyphenation: shad?owy
Adjective
shadowy (comparative shadowier, superlative shadowiest)
- In shadow; darkened by shadows.
- He sat in a shadowy corner.
- (of character) Dark, obscure.
- He was a shadowy man who rarely spoke.
- (figuratively) Vague, dim, unclear, faint of an image.
- (rare, dated) Indulging in fancies; daydreaming.
Translations
Anagrams
- show day
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overcast
English
Etymology
From Middle English overcasten, equivalent to over- +? cast. Compare Swedish överkasta.
Pronunciation
- Adjective and noun
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ??v?-käst', IPA(key): /???v??k??st/
- (General American) enPR: ??v?r-k?st', IPA(key): /?o?v?.kæst/
- Verb
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?'v?-käst?, IPA(key): /???v??k??st/
- (General American) enPR: ?'v?r-k?st?, IPA(key): /?o?v??kæst/
- Rhymes: -??st
Noun
overcast (plural overcasts)
- (obsolete) An outcast.
- A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon; cloudy.
Adjective
overcast (comparative more overcast, superlative most overcast)
- Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
- (figuratively) In a state of depression; gloomy; melancholy.
Translations
Verb
overcast (third-person singular simple present overcasts, present participle overcasting, simple past and past participle overcast)
- (transitive, obsolete) To overthrow.
- (transitive) To cover with cloud; to overshadow; to darken.
- (transitive) To make gloomy; to depress.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be or become cloudy.
- (transitive, obsolete) To transform.
- (transitive, bookbinding) To fasten (sheets) by overcast stitching or by folding one edge over another.
Translations
References
- overcast in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- overcast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- overacts
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