'adumbrate' definitions:

Definition of 'adumbrate'

verb

Describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas" [syn: sketch, outline, adumbrate]

verb

Give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" [syn: intimate, adumbrate, insinuate]

Synonyms of 'adumbrate'

From: Moby Thesaurus

allude to,
argue,
augur,
auspicate,
becloud,
bedim,
bespeak,
betoken,
block out,
bode,
body forth,
call,
chalk out,
characterize,
cloud,
darken,
demonstrate,
denote,
dim,
draft,
drop a hint,
embody,
exemplify,
figure,
fog,
forebode,
forecast,
foreshadow,
foreshow,
foretell,
give a hint,
give the cue,
glance at,
gloom,
have a hunch,
have an intimation,
hint,
hint at,
illustrate,
image,
impersonate,
imply,
incarnate,
indicate,
insinuate,
intimate,
lower,
mean,
menace,
mirror,
mist,
murk,
obfuscate,
omen,
outline,
overcast,
personate,
personify,
portend,
predict,
prefigure,
presage,
pretypify,
prognosticate,
project,
prompt,
prophesy,
realize,
reflect,
rough out,
shadow,
shadow forth,
signify,
skeleton,
suggest,
symbolize,
threaten,
typify,
vaticinate

Words containing 'adumbrate'

adumbration,
adumbrative