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shadowy

/ˈʃædəʊi/adjective

उच्चारण शैडोइ

छायादार, धुँधला, अँधेरा

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adjective
  1. 1

    dark and full of shadows; difficult to see because there is not much light

    छायादार, धुँधला, अँधेरा

    • a shadowy corner
    • A shadowy figure stood at the end of the dark lane.
    • Bats flew out of the shadowy corners of the old fort.
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    • We walked down a shadowy path under the trees.
    • The room was shadowy, lit only by a single lamp.

    Synonyms dark dim murky shady gloomy

    Opposite bright sunny clear well-lit

  2. 2

    [usually before noun]

    that not much is known about

    रहस्यमय, संदिग्ध

    • a shadowy figure
    • a shadowy organization
    • Police are looking for a shadowy figure behind the fraud.
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    • The shadowy group has never been seen in public.
    • He wrote about the shadowy past of the company.

    Synonyms mysterious secretive obscure sinister unknown

    Opposite well known open transparent

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shad·ow·y

?Which word?

Keep apart shadowy (dark; mysterious) and shady (giving shade; also informal, dishonest: 'a shady deal').

Shadowy (अँधेरा; रहस्यमय) और shady (छाया देने वाला; अनौपचारिक रूप से बेईमान भी: 'a shady deal') को अलग रखिए।

Keep the mysterious words together: shadowy, mysterious, sinister (seeming evil), murky (dark and dirty; also dishonest), clandestine (secret).

रहस्यमय के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: shadowy, mysterious, sinister (दुष्ट लगने वाला), murky (अँधेरा और गंदा; बेईमान भी), clandestine (गुप्त)।