Synonyms for shallow
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : shal-oh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃæl oʊ |
Top 10 synonyms for shallow Other synonyms for the word shallow
Définition of shallow
Origin :- c.1400, schalowe "not deep," probably from or related to Old English sceald (see shoal (n.)). Of breathing, attested from 1875; of thought or feeling, "superficial," first recorded 1580s. The noun, usually shallows, is first recorded 1570s, from the adjective.
- adj not deep
- adj unintelligent, ignorant
- These he drove firmly into the soft bottom of a shallow lake.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- He was in a shallow basin which luckily pointed in the right direction for him.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The shallow water of the lagoon ran into gold-tipped ripples.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- In every shallow ravine were groves of tree ferns forty feet tall.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- Below this opening was a shallow basin into which the rainwater fell.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- They were blue eyes, blue and shallow as a doll's, and edged with long, fine lashes.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- As such, therefore, they can be read and used to any depth, shallow or profound.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- I have even at a pinch clubbed them to death in a shallow, land-locked pool.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- Repent, and we will laugh at your penitence as a shallow deception.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- Perhaps I have pictured some few of them as frivolous and shallow.
- Extract from : « Priestess of the Flame » by Sewell Peaslee Wright
Antonyms for shallow
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