Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shadowed

/ʃˈædoʊd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables: shad-owed
IPA: /ʃˈædoʊd/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of shadow

adj

Depicted with shading, as if showing areas in shadow.

Example Sentences

"[...] 2d and 3d Gules, a Man's Heart proper, Shadowed Or, betwixt three Cinquefoils Ermine, for Hamilton […]"
"The supporters have rede collares about there nekes "bordered with gold, and are vert" shadowed gules and blew, proper, like parates."
"Consequently, a month later, by the Maid's desire, the King gave to Guy de Cailly a grant of new arms on a field azure, three heads of cherubim, winged, bearded in flame-colour, which is or shadowed with gules."
"Armorial bearings (L.O., 1678-9) Quarterly 1 and 4, gules a mullet argent between three cinquefoils ermine; 2 and 3 gules, a man's heart proper shadowed or, between three cinquefoils ermine, all within a bordure argent[…]"

Derived Forms

nonshadowed unshadowed

Synonyms

shady shadowy umbrageous

Rhymes With

overshadowed foreshadowed

Questions

How do you pronounce shadowed?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈædoʊd/.
What does shadowed mean?: simple past and past participle of shadow

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