Antonyms for sheltered

Grammar : Adj

Spell : shel-terd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɛl tərd

exposed

Definition of sheltered

Origin : "screened, protected," 1590s, past participle adjective from shelter (v.). Meaning "protected from the usual hardships of life" is from 1888. Related: Shelteredness.

adj shaded

Example sentences :

The brain is hidden in darkness, sheltered within a box of bone.
Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan

Then the day slipped over an unseen height, and fell into a sheltered calm.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

The friendly creature who sheltered him trembled like an aspen.
Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous

In sheltered spots the glass rose as high as 31, and symptoms of a thaw appeared.
Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne

Frank tied the boat in a sheltered spot at the foot of the cliff.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

We have seen that she had once sheltered the "Beggars of the Sea."
Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne

Various other instances.water into rage, except where it is sheltered by the hills.
Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin

Set out cauliflower plants, where they can be sheltered; and if glasses are used, put two under each, for fear of one failing.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

Sow another crop of peas, and plant more beans; choose a dry spot for them, where they can be sheltered from the winter's cold.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

There is another in the next courtyard; she is not sheltered so.
Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael

Synonyms for sheltered

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