Adulteration, n. Debasement, corruption, deterioration, sophistication, etc. See adulterate.
Adulterous, a. Guilty of adultery, committing adultery, advouteous, impure, debased, illicit, spurious, corrupt, unchaste, rakish, dissolute.
Adultery, n. Violation of the marriage-bed, infidelity, breaking of the marriage-vows, advoutry, criminal conversation, crim. con.
Adumbrate, v. a.
- 1. Shadow, foreshadow, shadow out, shadow forth, dimly outline, indicate, hint at, approximate, represent
approximately, suggest, trace vaguely, faintly delineate.
- 2. Typify, represent, symbolize, show, denote, stand for, image, figure, prefigure, allegorize, image forth,
be a parable of.
- 3. Darken, bedarken, dim, bedim, obscure, hide, conceal, overcast, overshadow, enshade, enshadow,
disillumine, obumbrate, becloud, send into partial eclipse, send into a penumbral light.