Antonyms for umbra
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uhm-bruh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌm brə |
Definition of umbra
Origin :- 1590s, "phantom, ghost," a figurative use from Latin umbra "shade, shadow" (see umbrage). Astronomical sense of "shadow cast by the earth or moon during an eclipse" is first recorded 1670s. Meaning "an uninvited guest accompanying an invited one" is from 1690s.
- As in shade : noun dimness
- As in shade : noun ghost
- As in shadow : noun darkness
- As in soul : noun being
- As in spirit : noun ghost
- Durois advised me that the Kyng of Umbra had put two padres to death, viz.
- Extract from : « Diary of Richard Cocks Vol. I » by Richard Cocks
- Diagram of the use of the Umbra Versa, at two observations; Astrol.
- Extract from : « Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7) » by Geoffrey Chaucer
- Each spot is quite sharply divided into an umbra and a penumbra.
- Extract from : « Astronomy for Young Folks » by Isabel Martin Lewis
- Sedentes in tenebris, et in umbra mortis, vinctos in mendicitate.
- Extract from : « The Dance of Death » by Francis Douce
- He was Maulevrier's Umbra, and must go where his patron went.
- Extract from : « Phantom Fortune, A Novel » by M. E. Braddon
- I saw her wander off to the music-room directly after dinner, and I believe your umbra—Mr. What-d'ye-call-him—went with her.
- Extract from : « Mohawks, Volume 1 of 3 » by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- The double of the Egyptian sepulchral records corresponds exactly to the of the Greeks and the umbra of the Latins.
- Extract from : « A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2) » by Georges Perrot
- "Manes," "umbra," "simulacra," are the expressions of Cicero and Virgil.
- Extract from : « A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) » by Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
- The umbra is a wide margin, of lighter shade, and is often of greater extent than the nucleus.
- Extract from : « Letters on Astronomy » by Denison Olmsted
- Like putting together an atomic symbol and Russian money to make 'troubles,' and using 'umbra' instead of shadow.
- Extract from : « The Caves of Fear » by John Blaine
Synonyms for umbra
- adumbration
- apparition
- blackness
- body
- bogey
- character
- coolness
- cover
- creature
- dark
- darkness
- dimness
- dusk
- eidolon
- ghost
- gloom
- gloominess
- haunt
- human being
- individual
- living soul
- man
- manes
- mortal
- obscuration
- obscurity
- penumbra
- person
- personage
- phantasm
- phantom
- poltergeist
- protection
- revenant
- screen
- semidarkness
- shade
- shadiness
- shadow
- shadows
- shelter
- soul
- specter
- spirit
- spook
- sprite
- supernatural being
- umbra
- umbrage
- vision
- woman
- wraith
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