Synonyms for screened
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : skreen |
| Phonetic Transcription : skrin |
Top 10 synonyms for screened Other synonyms for the word screened
- alone
- aloof
- confidential
- covert
- cut off
- hermetic
- incommunicado
- insular
- lonely
- lonesome
- off the beaten track
- out-of-the-way
- personal
- private
- quiet
- reclusive
- remote
- removed
- reserved
- retired
- secluse
- seclusive
- secret
- segregated
- sequestered
- shut off
- shy
- singular
- solitary
- tucked away
- unapproachable
- unfrequented
- uninhabited
- unsociable
- withdrawn
Définition of screened
Origin :- mid-14c., "upright piece of furniture providing protection from heat of a fire, drafts, etc.," probably from a shortened (Anglo-French? cf. Anglo-Latin screna) variant of Old North French escren, Old French escran "fire-screen" (early 14c.), perhaps from Middle Dutch scherm "screen, cover, shield," or Frankish *skrank "barrier," from Proto-Germanic *skerm- (cf. Old High German skirm, skerm "protection," from PIE *(s)ker- "to cut" (see shear (v.)).
- Meaning "net-wire frame used in windows and doors" is recorded from 1859. Meaning "flat vertical surface for reception of projected images" is from 1810, originally in reference to magic lantern shows; later of movies. Transferred sense of "cinema world collectively" is attested from 1914; hence screen test (1918), etc. Screen saver first attested 1990. Screen printing recorded from 1918.
- adj secluded
- Then screened by the bushes, she could have reached out and touched Oka Sayye.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- The dust of the road arose in a cloud and screened the battle.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Nowhere was it so screened that an approaching enemy could surprise them.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
- We were now under the trees, which albeit leafless yet screened us partly from the road.
- Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
- A second door which led into another apartment, was screened by a heavy curtain.
- Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
- Olivia arose, and, screened by the curtain, watched the scene beneath.
- Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
- Screened behind the bushes, he heard all their conversation.
- Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
- The spy waited, screened by some bushes, expecting to see him again.
- Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
- The women were screened off from the men in the congregation.
- Extract from : « Byeways in Palestine » by James Finn
- She went to the window, and, screened by the curtain, looked out.
- Extract from : « Nell, of Shorne Mills » by Charles Garvice
Antonyms for screened
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