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Adjective
▲
Full of shadows
shaded
shady
umbrageous
dark
dim
sunless
adumbral
caliginous
crepuscular
gloomy
shadowed
tenebrous
umbral
dusky
funereal
murky
tenebrious
umbriferous
umbrose
umbrous
Cimmerian
obscure
poorly lit
black
darkened
unlit
pitchy
unilluminated
lightless
dimmed
muddy
blurred
nontranslucent
nontransparent
not clear
soupy
brumous
gauzy
mucky
fuggy
smoggy
befogged
filmy
turbid
mushy
dirty
smoky
menacing
riley
threatening
roily
confused
emulsified
indefinite
cheerless
roiled
oppressive
promising rain
ominous
overhanging
muddied
woollyUK
bleary
muzzy
woozy
steamy
vaporous
not fair
non-transparent
vapory
woolyUS
fogged in
smeared
smeary
lustreless
grimy
suffocating
stale
shabby
stifling
close
stagnant
musty
stuffy
unfresh
obfuscated
solid
impervious
lusterless
milky
frosty
tacky
frowsty
seedy
ink-black
black as pitch
black as night
black as ink
dusty
black as coal
run down
more ❯
“Every frame is razor-sharp, even in dark, shadowy scenes.”
Adjective
▲
Of unclear or uncertain identity or nature
vague
indistinct
faint
nebulous
hazy
indefinite
indistinguishable
obscure
unclear
blurry
undefined
unsubstantial
blurred
fuzzy
bleary
dim
foggy
gauzy
indeterminate
misty
murky
opaque
unrecognisableUK
unrecognizableUS
blear
illusory
impalpable
intangible
nebulose
pale
undetermined
cloudy
dreamy
visionary
ill-defined
lacking definition
out of focus
inconclusive
borderline
open
arguable
dubitable
disputable
enigmatical
problematic
open to debate
moot
doubtable
suspicious
controversial
problematical
pending
chancy
occult
open to doubt
suspect
betwixt and between
contentious
torn
tentative
misleading
paradoxical
approximate
inscrutable
in question
mystic
waffling
clear as dishwater
on the fence
blowing hot and cold
non-specific
double-edged
unanswered
unconcluded
fishy
uncommitted
queer
shaky
rough
riddling
in two minds
in a quandary
in a dilemma
gnomic
not sure
in limbo
hemming and hawing
to be decided
running hot and cold
of two minds
hinky
contradictory
open to argument
incomplete
clear as mud
unsound
dithering
controvertible
amphibological
unsolved
unconvinced
split
issuable
Delphic
unfinished
ongoing
negotiable
untrustworthy
shilly-shallying
unspecified
disputed
flimsy
wishy-washy
not definite
on the horns of a dilemma
in a state of uncertainty
oblique
sweeping
bewildering
prevaricating
conflicting
ballpark
mixed
marginal
roundabout
circumlocutory
circuitous
unreliable
periphrastic
shifty
skepticalUS
hesitating
fluctuating
oscillating
distrustful
mistrustful
deep
elliptical
trustless
elliptic
fuliginous
neutral
scepticalUK
subject to debate
on ice
unsupported
in dispute
unsubstantiated
contingent
divided
pendent
two-edged
spurious
on the back burner
non-committal
touch and go
up for grabs
hedging your bets
in the middle
in a state of limbo
open to suspicion
unexplained
at issue
polysemous
polysemic
polysemantic
generalizedUS
multivocal
concerned
troubled
worried
anxious
apprehensive
disquieted
outstanding
settling nothing
proving nothing
superficial
unclassifiable
wobbling
floating
conjectural
cursory
conflicted
opposed
clashing
warring
opposing
vexed
indescribable
inexpressible
nameless
inadequate
obfuscatory
perfunctory
swithering
peripheral
frontier
bordering
impartial
approximative
estimated
hanging
not decided
indirect
generalisedUK
blanket
overall
generic
undetailed
suppositive
unreasonable
suppositious
slippery
ungrounded
basic
cagey
deceptive
subtle
unanalysableUK
fugitive
duplicitous
unverified
unprovable
unproven
touch-and-go
unfounded
cunning
shuffling
devious
tricky
squishy
careless
sloppy
disreputable
not reliable
not dependable
deceitful
dissembling
indiscriminate
vacillant
infirm
volatile
fickle
hypothetical
fluctuant
sophistical
unanalyzableUS
under advisement
under examination
not obvious
open to discussion
casuistic
false
casuistical
stonewalling
elusory
unable to decide
on-the-fence
sitting on the fence
humming and hawing
hot and cold
hot-and-cold
coarse-grained
blurred round the edges
not particular
not partial
not specific
impressionistic
grayUS
greyUK
odd
neither one thing nor the other
neither fish nor fowl
shonky
funny
contestable
mootable
pseudo
unlikely
potentially dangerous
ridiculous
thick
potentially false
suspected
not quite right
thin
incredible
under suspicion
not kosher
unbelievable
a controversial subject
not yet established
a live issue
a moot point
a matter of opinion
insecure
the jury's out
up for discussion
bone of contention
halting
faltering
between sixes and sevens
between rock and hard place
diffident
unconfident
more ❯
“As the men readied themselves, the fog dissipated around a shadowy figure in the distance.”
Adjective
▲
Veiled or shrouded in mystery
mysterious
enigmatic
mystical
secret
arcane
enigmatical
impenetrable
inscrutable
murky
recondite
secretive
veiled
cryptic
mystic
mystifying
nebulous
obscure
shrouded in mystery
occult
black
supernatural
magical
necromantic
spiritual
abstruse
clandestine
esoteric
deep
oracular
covert
uncanny
perplexing
strange
unexplainable
insoluble
unknowable
unaccountable
oblique
stealthy
sphinxlike
profound
cabbalistic
Delphian
apocryphal
evasive
hard to understand
as clear as mud
tenebrous
indecipherable
paradoxical
uncertain
teasing
stickling
doubtful
stumping
screened
little known
surreptitious
curious
bizarre
queer
funny
unsolved
cagey
difficult
subjective
more ❯
“It is not so much a shadowy organization of world rulers but an informal group of people whose economic power already dominates our lives.”
Adjective
▲
Resembling or suggestive of ghosts or spirits
ghostly
phantom
supernatural
ghostlike
phantasmal
phantasmic
spectral
spiritual
vampiric
wraithlike
eerie
ethereal
otherworldly
spooky
wraithy
chimerical
dreamlike
unreal
illusory
visionary
imaginary
weird
unearthly
fantastic
unsubstantial
apparitional
dreamy
made-up
indistinct
illusive
more ❯
“The residents of Springfield stood mesmerized by a shadowy figure bringing them love.”
Adjective
▲
Suggestive of evil or sinister intentions
evil
nefarious
sinister
wicked
dark
degenerate
diabolical
dishonorableUS
dishonourableUK
fiendish
heinous
ignoble
malevolent
malicious
odious
unsavouryUK
unsavoryUS
vile
crooked
dastardly
demonic
depraved
devilish
diabolic
reprobate
unethical
ungodly
unholy
unlawful
unrighteous
vicious
villainous
unprincipled
abominable
dissolute
criminal
perverted
nasty
mean
dishonest
loathsome
dreadful
cruel
unscrupulous
debauched
outrageous
terrible
reprehensible
debased
detestable
impure
beastly
disgusting
shameful
infamous
abhorrent
appalling
awful
offensive
profane
scandalous
perverse
dissipated
barbarous
low
obscene
sordid
impious
wanton
disreputable
unspeakable
horrid
hideous
gross
indecent
irreligious
amoral
improper
abandoned
decadent
maleficent
revolting
unwholesome
repugnant
inhuman
unclean
disgraceful
underhand
sick
blasphemous
degraded
licentious
ghastly
malignant
godless
illegal
loose
sacrilegious
horrifying
frightful
lawless
savage
repellent
rakish
obnoxious
shameless
repulsive
libertine
unfair
profligate
miscreant
poisonous
lewd
cacodemonic
accursed
tainted
unconscionable
demoralizedUS
murderous
vindictive
devious
unpleasant
venomous
unhealthy
irreverent
horrendous
unchaste
sickening
Mephistophelian
demoniac
malign
malfeasant
culpable
illicit
felonious
scoundrelly
demoralisedUK
rascally
baleful
bitter
roguish
sullied
virulent
erring
dodgy
lascivious
insufferable
corrupted
coarse
ruthless
pernicious
hostile
intolerable
jackleg
defiled
lustful
demoniacal
rakehell
rakehelly
frightening
dire
unkind
noxious
illegitimate
fearful
gruesome
not cricket
barbaric
alarming
malefic
deceitful
brutish
hurtful
vulgar
treacherous
ill-natured
deviant
underhanded
horrific
noisome
snide
vengeful
unworthy
aberrant
twisted
ignominious
unhallowed
nauseating
intemperate
guilty
untrustworthy
nightmarish
deplorable
delinquent
catty
ugly
grisly
venal
fallen
pervy
scurvy
distasteful
kinky
abnormal
despiteful
sicko
vitiated
fraudulent
atheistic
deleterious
wayward
ornery
blameworthy
immodest
unjust
discreditable
unutterable
bestial
wretched
wild
unnatural
filthy
evil-intentioned
errant
calamitous
distorted
cussed
indictable
abject
evil-minded
facinorous
sadistic
demonian
lecherous
merciless
cutthroat
prurient
Machiavellian
Luciferian
salacious
harmful
paltry
currish
censurable
flagrant
baneful
brutal
injurious
disagreeable
macabre
forbidding
lawbreaking
fast
indescribable
mercenary
sly
opprobrious
defamatory
low-minded
resentful
heathen
non-theistic
unseemly
two-faced
questionable
pagan
worthless
bad-natured
grim
grewsome
unrestrained
louche
objectionable
knavish
hellacious
shrewish
unforgivable
self-indulgent
serpentine
godawful
disgustful
loathly
desperate
contaminated
rough
profaned
violent
shabby
desecrated
degrading
exploitative
demonical
uncleanly
uncivilisedUK
uncivilizedUS
menacing
shifty
conscienceless
blameful
cheating
inexcusable
blamable
slippery
promiscuous
notorious
cursed
bawdy
unvirtuous
crude
smutty
vice-ridden
backbiting
naughty
condemnable
pornographic
crafty
wounding
sleazy
ominous
ribald
vitriolic
petty
mischievous
terrific
lurid
nightmare
terrifying
disorderly
sorry
lousy
ill-disposed
yucky
raunchy
unruly
off-putting
detrimental
heartless
sybaritic
peccant
under-the-table
impaired
nauseous
unwarranted
God-awful
from hell
sick-making
incorrigible
insubordinate
intimidating
scurrilous
dangerous
fast-living
mutinous
rancid
repellant
fulsome
X-rated
tough
disruptive
disobedient
fierce
blackguardly
uncontrollable
beyond the pale
gone bad
abased
contumacious
faithless
boorish
dishonoredUS
uncharitable
lamentable
unprofessional
good-for-nothing
revengeful
depraving
grotesque
indefensible
cheap
praetorian
transgressing
threatening
implacable
lowlife
hedonic
disrespectful
unconscientious
guileful
perfidious
servile
menial
furtive
Hadean
acrimonious
libidinous
putrid
dishonouredUK
barbed
cutting
creepy
slanderous
scheming
sneaky
reproachable
carnal
glaring
unfriendly
self-seeking
shoddy
no good
riotous
possessed
suggestive
responsible
fearsome
raffish
tricky
undesirable
against the law
acid
offending
double-dealing
anarchic
unreasonable
Stygian
bogging
squalid
morbid
scatological
scatologic
scary
overwhelming
distressing
unconstrained
pitiless
unpardonable
low-life
disturbing
damaging
blameable
answerable
yucko
unsettling
blue
mean-spirited
unrefined
inhumane
indelicate
abysmal
insupportable
unnerving
caitiff
drunken
open
blasted
confounded
indulgent
ungovernable
anarchical
rebellious
at fault
exasperating
destructive
direful
double-crossing
harsh
voluptuary
waspish
insurgent
two-timing
dirty-dealing
crying
unbearable
chargeable
raw
porno
rank
barnyard
scabrous
excessive
unacceptable
spine-chilling
inexpressible
in the fast lane
fast and loose
high living
redoubtable
seditious
to blame
insurrectionary
terrorist
pleasure-seeking
lacking restraint
hair-raising
uncool
mutinying
viperous
ungoverned
untamed
anarchistic
noncompliant
nonconformist
in the wrong
gone to the dogs
rowdy
turbulent
nihilistic
uncultivated
infringing
piratical
traitorous
warlike
unregulated
unpeaceful
disordered
recusant
night owl
not pure
out of line
without law and order
ruffianly
diseased
thievish
cunning
wrongdoing
deviate
snarky
contorted
vitiate
corrupting
suspect
eerie
mephistophelean
risqué
selfish
arrant
casuistic
recreant
amiss
demeritorious
sinning
unregenerate
grave
misguided
demonlike
demonly
demonish
agnostic
scepticalUK
unbelieving
sink
tawdry
stop-at-nothing
mercentary
light
disloyal
frenetic
maniacal
crazed
mad
morally bereft
irreverential
secular
unblessed
unsanctified
unconsecrated
undecorous
indecorous
undignified
unbecoming
dislikeable
unpalatable
spooky
bone-chilling
non-believing
heretical
splenetic
unrelenting
unforgiving
grudge-bearing
humble
slavish
cowardly
inequitable
perverting
harrowing
inappropriate
infidel
barbarian
bloodcurdling
caustic
groundless
inelegant
murder
poison
unrespectable
shy
dirtied
bribable
polluted
soiled
heathenish
idolatrous
brute
butcherly
truculent
poor
trashy
pitiful
plebeian
lowly
common
miserable
humiliating
hate-filled
bilious
untold
avenging
relentless
undescribable
gut-churning
icky
ghostly
eery
ghoulish
ill-famed
exceptionable
hateable
skanky
demoralizingUS
subversive
grievous
beneath contempt
LaVeyan
negligent
vomitous
hated
reviled
displeasing
untrue
maligning
vilifying
traducing
detractive
gossiping
detracting
unjustified
callous
aggressive
feral
unsafe
spleenful
squint-eyed
angry
hairy
grody
shuddersome
pesky
pestiferous
invidious
ill-reputed
surly
bad-tempered
churlish
incorrect
crabbed
ill-tempered
unaccommodating
fishy
slick
flimflam
scam
epicurean
overindulgent
hedonistic
luxurious
religionless
iconoclastic
nonreligious
jealous
wreakful
out for revenge
retaliatory
grudging
highly improper
dubious
revolutionary
scathy
unfeeling
bloodthirsty
tyrannical
inexorable
unnecessary
undue
undeserved
off-color
intimidatory
ill-boding
foreboding
red hot
green-eyed
undevout
nullifidian
freethinking
chaotic
reckless
insalubrious
demoralisingUK
cold-blooded
hard-hearted
disquieting
moribund
declining
decaying
lost
prejudicial
nocuous
adverse
minatory
deadly
minacious
ferocious
ill
steep
accidentally on purpose
skepticalUS
free-thinking
unspiritual
whorish
vomit-inducing
unbelievable
inconceivable
immoderate
exorbitant
unendurable
stupefying
Janus-faced
fly-by-night
uncalled for
perturbing
upsetting
unimaginable
extravagant
maddening
impossible
OTT
preposterous
tyrannous
despotic
uncontrolled
terrorizingUS
unorthodox
heterodox
terrorisingUK
tempestuous
full of spleen
reprovable
unnourishing
saturnalian
graceless
startling
agitating
staggering
stunning
astonishing
bewildering
amazing
formidable
O.T.T.
extortionate
ineffable
surprising
grafting
swindling
sharp
rogue
deceptive
corruptible
defrauding
false
buyable
duplicitous
liable
convicted
too great
shaming
disgracing
debauching
debasing
contumelious
extreme
innutritious
insanitary
accountable
beyond words
preternatural
undefinable
disparaging
contemptuous
scrofulous
scornful
disdainful
accurst
freaking
darned
cotton-picking
doggoned
durn
doggone
goddamned
deuced
curst
danged
durned
dang
darn
over the top
very bad
incriminated
sickly
ruinous
junk
unhygienic
unhealthful
deserving blame
indescribably bad
indescribably wicked
beyond description
indescribably evil
bad news
on one's head
impeached
in error
caught
doomed
censured
convictable
accusable
condemned
envious
of easy virtue
lethal
untruthful
spoiledUS
suborned
lying
septic
unnutritious
indirect
anathematized
too horrible for words
concupiscent
pathological
inimical
unsound
toxic
spoiltUK
decayed
flagitous
blamed
under a curse
blessed
dratted
swinging
deteriorated
violated
easy
dirty-minded
prohibited
in the gutter
unlicensed
contraband
clandestine
misbehaving
forbidden
misbehaved
fractious
impermissible
banned
outlawed
punishable
unsanctioned
unauthorizedUS
actionable
interdicted
unofficial
proscribed
unmanageable
refractory
defiant
contrary
verboten
taboo
adulterous
undisciplined
wilful
unbiddable
playful
recalcitrant
obstreperous
violating
bootleg
wildcat
unauthorisedUK
heavy
criminogenic
racketeering
impish
troublesome
difficult
under-the-counter
under the table
off base
contrary to law
haram
not acceptable
under the counter
smoking gun
ruled out
tapu
in violation of law
off limits
black-market
not permitted
against the rules
not allowed
rude
awkward
impolite
brattish
scampish
puckish
froward
prankish
tricksy
intractable
annoying
headstrong
willful
teasing
gallus
bad-mannered
attention-seeking
self-willed
badly behaved
full of mischief
ill-disciplined
more ❯
“It was a code name given to him by a shadowy organization of hired killers.”
Adjective
▲
(of colours) Somber in mood or ambiance
sad
sombreUK
colourlessUK
colorlessUS
dreary
dull
cheerless
dark
deep
dingy
drab
gloomy
glum
lacklusterUS
lacklustreUK
somberUS
bleak
boring
depressed
depressing
desolate
dim
dispiriting
dolorous
funereal
lifeless
monotonous
morbid
tenebrous
depressive
grim
humdrum
joyless
unexciting
uninspiring
uninteresting
dismal
forlorn
lonely
macabre
blah
miserable
“The room, with its shadowy colors, felt dreary and macabre.”
Adjective
▲
Not perceptible, not detectable, too small in magnitude to be observed
unnoticeable
impalpable
indistinguishable
undetectable
minute
inappreciable
indiscernible
tiny
microscopic
slight
small
subtle
infinitesimal
fine
inaudible
insensible
indistinct
gradual
insignificant
intangible
imponderable
ephemeral
inconsiderable
unobservable
trivial
vague
evanescent
momentary
invisible
inconspicuous
teeny
itsy-bitsy
miniature
atomic
teensy
wee
diminutive
little
itty-bitty
titchy
weensy
microscopical
bitsy
microminiature
bitty
weeny
little-bitty
little bitty
very small
hidden
undiscernible
unintelligible
unfathomable
small-scale
dwarf
mini
undersized
compact
midget
incomprehensible
Lilliputian
toy
bijou
nugatory
minimal
dinky
half-pint
soft
low
inarticulate
pint-sized
pocket-size
minuscular
pee-wee
puny
vest-pocket
pygmy
petite
hard to understand
of no consequence
of no importance
fun size
eensy-weensy
extremely small
tiddly
invisible to the naked eye
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Shady or morally questionable
murky
corrupt
devious
dishonest
dishonourableUK
dishonorableUS
disreputable
dodgy
dubious
duplicitous
seedy
shady
suspicious
unscrupulous
dark
fishy
fraudulent
furtive
inglorious
scandalous
shifty
shonky
sketchy
slippery
sly
sneaky
suspect
unethical
guileful
mysterious
questionable
secret
double-dealing
false
roguish
lying
amoral
deceiving
villainous
knavish
swindling
disingenuous
perfidious
venal
base
canny
rascally
hollow-hearted
mendacious
wicked
defrauding
traitorous
untruthful
clever
unfaithful
fly-by-night
ignoble
rotten
nasty
unconscionable
undependable
unprofessional
reprobate
foul
corruptible
sordid
grafting
bad
malfeasant
buyable
disloyal
contemptible
dissembling
evil
elusive
scoundrelly
irresponsible
unworthy
astute
illicit
misleading
cutthroat
hypocritical
not to be trusted
smart
double-faced
false-hearted
recreant
mercenary
fly
malicious
delusive
black
faithless
not dependable
sleazy
improper
despicable
spurious
savvy
unpleasant
bribable
trustless
shameless
corrupted
depraved
discreditable
sinful
counterfeit
wrong
shameful
unsafe
bluffing
lawless
smooth
iniquitous
grubby
conscienceless
skulking
slinking
dastardly
truthless
intelligent
pawky
cloaked
untrue
degenerate
scurvy
shabby
dicey
inequitable
unregenerate
against the rules
mischievous
ingenious
untrusty
illegitimate
exploitative
not to be depended on
not cricket
fair-weather
impish
arch
contriving
hoodwinking
sham
illusory
plotting
ruthless
cheap
sinister
ill-gotten
arrant
unseemly
vile
slimy
suborned
cowardly
ungentlemanly
keen
negligent
sorry
mock
fake
streetwise
inconstant
Punic
ignominious
selfish
disgraceful
rascal
astucious
mean-spirited
beggarly
fickle
under-the-table
as sharp as a tack
carny
cautious
feline
scummy
on the take
suspected
disbelieved
sleazoid
sleazo
despised
intriguing
captious
skilfulUK
skillfulUS
trick
bootleg
unpredictable
indefensible
wrongdoing
dissimulating
incorrigible
under the counter
grotty
cowboy
lubricious
salty
ornery
hostile
snaky
unconscientious
dissolute
lax
fugitive
fiendish
devilish
perceptive
wise
discerning
resourceful
stinky
untrusted
raffish
fallacious
purchasable
dangerous
deviant
bogus
pseudo
bamboozling
falsified
forged
against the law
imitation
casuistic
degrading
self-seeking
petty
degraded
wrongful
fibbing
impostrous
licentious
mercentary
praetorian
stop-at-nothing
abandoned
profligate
wanton
yellow
rapacious
fink
sharp-witted
discriminating
street-smart
deft
quick
sideways
sidelong
not trustworthy
pixieish
tricksy
scampish
pixie
leprechaunish
waggish
puckish
pixy
prankish
elvish
wayward
shoddy
quiet
catlike
enigmatic
catty
silent
noiseless
not to be relied upon
unsteady
insecure
unstable
hard to pin down
changeable
mutable
variable
unbefitting
unfitting
indecorous
unbecoming
collusive
unhonest
heady
quick-witted
cloak and dagger
disguised
creepy
behind someone's back
circumspect
masked
prostituted
deep
wry
greasy
witted
delusory
neat
whip-smart
acute
unsound
frolicsome
treasonable
hole and corner
unkind
warped
avaricious
grasping
adulterous
baseborn
natural
plausible
pretended
bum
seeming
serpentine
catchy
imposturous
falsehearted
malevolent
perjured
forsworn
back-stabbing
mythomaniac
apostate
renegade
ungenerous
hateful
simoniac
simoniacal
padded
decadent
supposititious
unfathered
open to bribery
beastly
felonious
profiteering
squalid
stingy
cruel
natty
despisable
miserly
thoughtless
inconsiderate
disrespectful
extortionate
open
stolen
detestable
paltry
worthless
execrable
wretched
abject
unsportsmanly
deplorable
lame
currish
scungy
lousy
ratty
scabby
purloined
unrespectable
vicious
unrighteous
gone to the dogs
fast and loose
low-minded
off-color
funny-looking
queer-looking
dishonest-looking
guilty-looking
mysterious-looking
strange-looking
flimflam
scam
out of order
backbiting
unctuous
poor
suppositious
misbegotten
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Making fun of death, illness, or misfortune
sick
black
dark
grim
morbid
bleak
eerie
grotesque
horrific
macabre
gory
grisly
gruesome
hellish
loathsome
somberUS
sombreUK
spooky
diabolic
diabolical
funereal
ghastly
ghostly
ghoulish
lurid
nightmarish
perverted
sadistic
spookish
sullen
twisted
cruel
deathly
devilish
gross
morose
sepulchral
sickly
unwholesome
disgusting
cynical
ironic
pessimistic
misanthropic
mordacious
demonic
spine-chilling
savage
brutal
fiendish
bloodthirsty
diseased
infected
deadly
ailing
unsound
malignant
pathological
ominous
abnormal
maleficent
brooding
baleful
moody
unnatural
aberrant
irascible
sinister
unusual
nasty
perverse
warped
bloody
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Difficult for the mind to grasp
intangible
impalpable
abstract
invisible
airy
ethereal
incorporeal
insubstantial
non-physical
untouchable
aerial
bodiless
dim
disembodied
immaterial
unembodied
vague
elusive
ghostly
indefinite
phantom
spectral
spiritual
supernatural
transcendental
unbodied
unearthly
unreal
wraithlike
discarnate
disincarnate
evanescent
phantasmal
phantasmic
unsubstantial
abstruse
eluding
evading
evasive
hypothetical
imperceptible
imperceptible to the touch
imponderable
inappreciable
indeterminate
insensible
rare
slender
slight
unapparent
uncertain
unobservable
unquantifiable
unsure
numinous
unphysical
non-material
mystic
imaginary
illusory
extramundane
chimerical
hallucinatory
otherworldly
mystical
supernal
platonic
refined
rarefied
pure
other-worldly
psychological
inner
psychical
transcendent
uncorporeal
saintly
magical
magic
occult
weird
fanciful
theoretical
divine
imagined
intellectual
figmental
non-existent
illusive
fancied
delusive
philosophical
speculative
ideal
sacred
devotional
holy
ghostlike
visionary
vaporous
conceptual
notional
ephemeral
illusionary
inexistent
fundamental
essential
recondite
basic
deep
fly-by-night
unsound
infirm
puny
petty
idle
false
decrepit
esoteric
theoretic
ideational
profound
high-flown
universal
oversubtle
academic
unpractical
jesuitic
supramundane
eternal
philosophic
supermundane
superhuman
suprahuman
difficult
conjectural
supranatural
ontological
superior
too little too late
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Given to or indulging in daydreaming
dreamy
daydreaming
musing
preoccupied
abstracted
pensive
vague
distracted
dreaming
speculative
distrait
inattentive
meditative
reflective
ruminative
thoughtful
absent
absent-minded
absorbed
fantastic
intangible
misty
rapt
unreal
wool-gathering
chimerical
dreamlike
faraway
phantasmagoric
phantasmagorical
astral
beautiful
excellent
illusory
imaginary
immaterial
introspective
introvertive
lost in thought
marvellousUK
marvelousUS
mythical
nightmarish
otherworldly
superb
unsubstantial
whimsical
wistful
far away
miles away
in a reverie
in a brown study
out of this world
with your head in the clouds
oblivious
distant
bemused
engrossed
scatterbrained
unmindful
forgetful
heedless
careless
brooding
unaware
scatty
negligent
contemplative
unheeding
cogitative
neglectful
deep in thought
lost
ditzy
ruminant
broody
absentminded
thoughtless
thinking
silly
ditsy
not with us
vacant
pondering
out to lunch
wandering
giddy
not with it
unthinking
disorganizedUS
birdbrained
dizzy
unconscious
erratic
somewhere else
studious
unobservant
empty-headed
unreliable
intent
feather-headed
feather-brained
prayerful
disorganisedUK
removed
philosophical
reflecting
blank
insensible
immersed in thought
imagining
in a world of your own
with a mind like a sieve
withdrawn
remote
unsystematic
dozy
solemn
detached
goofy
not there
featherbrained
serious
inadvertent
dippy
dappy
slapdash
slipshod
harebrained
flighty
diverted
puzzled
bewildered
fantasizingUS
inclined to forget
fantasisingUK
remiss
distraught
agitated
mystified
nonplussed
mooning
airheaded
disregardful
spacey
deep
woolly-headed
apt to forget
pipe dreaming
attentive
unfocused
a million miles away
doty
foolish
daffy
immersed
wrapped up
filled with dreams
indifferent
empty
ruminating
insensitive
unconcerned
out in space
in brown study
oneiric
wonderful
ethereal
hallucinatory
vacuous
surroundings
idle
inconscient
frantic
frenzied
hysteric
hysterical
delirious
omitted
minus
bare
hollow
deficient
devoid
space cadet
goofing off
gone
beside oneself
unaware of events
frivolous
dream-filled
in short supply
head in the clouds
confused
with a memory like a sieve
lax
frothy
lightheaded
slaphappy
puerile
irresponsible
light-headed
madcap
futile
yeasty
light-minded
undependable
stupid
illogical
bird-brained
irrational
perplexed
flustered
troubled
amnemonic
inattentive to
slack
negligent about
nirvanic
unwitting
oblivious to
sloppy
disconcerted
ruffled
discomposed
remiss in
indifferent to
remiss about
lax about
pestered
worried
harassed
befuddled
tormented
baffled
out of it
looking out window
having a memory like a sieve
asleep on the job
not on the job
like an absent-minded professor
fazed
confounded
hassled
analytical
in a flap
sidetracked
driven to distraction
at sea
not thinking clearly
museful
deliberative
discerning
philosophic
wary
cautious
calculating
earnest
retrospective
observant
observative
grave
regardless
lacking concentration
not concentrating
inobservant
unobserving
unnoticing
apathetic
unwatchful
bored
blind
listless
off-guard
unperceiving
undiscerning
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lacking a known identity
mystery
anonymous
covert
secret
unidentified
unknown
clandestine
mysterious
nameless
undisclosed
unnamed
enigmatic
faceless
furtive
incognito
unspecified
cryptic
unsung
innominate
untitled
undesignated
unchristened
unbaptized
pseudonymous
X
whatchamacallit
unlabelled
untagged
whatshername
whatshisname
unrevealed
unmarked
obscure
unrecognizedUS
concealed
unrecognisedUK
impersonal
remote
undubbed
unsigned
unfamiliar
unidentifiable
inconspicuous
undercover
unclassified
no-name
incog
strange
invisible
silent
not known
undiscovered
unannounced
confidential
sealed
unpublished
private
hidden
unbeknownst
unperceived
unapprehended
particular
individual
specific
special
specified
especial
regular
singular
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not existent
nonexistent
absent
chimerical
fancied
fictional
hallucinatory
hypothetical
illusory
imaginary
imagined
insubstantial
lacking
missing
mythical
unreal
wanting
airy
baseless
blank
dead
defunct
departed
dreamlike
dreamy
empty
ethereal
extinct
extinguished
flimsy
gone
gossamery
groundless
immaterial
imponderable
inexistent
legendary
lost
negative
null
perished
tenuous
ungrounded
unsubstantial
vacant
vague
vaporous
void
passed away
passed on
without foundation
null and void
few and far between
delusory
spurious
bogus
specious
fallacious
deceitful
pseudo
simulated
ersatz
counterfeit
mistaken
factitious
fraudulent
synthetic
erroneous
substitute
feigned
apparent
phantasmagorical
unfounded
dummy
contrived
trumped-up
forged
manufactured
transcendental
speculative
imitative
man-made
spiritual
unsound
mimic
deceiving
faked
invalid
incorporeal
conceptual
semblant
conjectural
plastic
surreal
metaphysical
utopian
incorrect
ghostly
blue-sky
bodiless
wild
unearthly
absurd
irrational
supernatural
illusionary
discarnate
theoretic
deluding
beguiling
illogical
ridiculous
sophistical
bizarre
fishy
hyped up
wrong
otherworldly
inaccurate
unbodied
extravagant
inexact
untruthful
nightmarish
psychedelic
poetic
faulty
non-physical
suppositional
unsubstantiated
misguided
distorted
flawed
unreasonable
putative
nonphysical
nonmaterial
impractical
ideational
queer
imprecise
affected
Kafkaesque
conjectured
far-fetched
unrealistic
cooked-up
blue sky
fantasizedUS
dream
transcendent
oneiric
idealizedUS
ghostlike
dim
unclear
indistinct
disembodied
improvised
capricious
unembodied
play-play
vain
untouchable
unworkable
intellectual
idealisedUK
impracticable
wonderful
formless
wraithlike
philosophical
fantasisedUK
subconscious
mental
unfeasible
proverbial
curious
subjective
unconscious
idle
pipe dream
psychological
high-flown
dishonest
counterfactual
truthless
improper
disincarnate
thought up
crackpot
offbeat
foundationless
unproven
casuistic
misrepresentative
coloredUS
abstruse
psychosomatic
unsupported
uncorroborated
unconfirmed
recondite
imperceptible to the touch
slender
misinformed
colouredUK
ill-founded
indefinite
unlikely
floating
improbable
questionable
so-called
ivory-tower
sophistic
unpractical
numinous
mystical
nonconcrete
without basis
indeterminate
uncertain
cod
mad
facsimile
put-on
mechanical
strained
forced
on cloud nine
unreasoned
adulterine
not genuine
unworldly
reasonless
doubtful
in the mind
falsie
way off
implausible
phantasmagorial
kaleidoscopic
phantasmagorian
unread
mocking
filled with dreams
delusional
hollow
prepared
Barmecidal
Barmecide
float
wistful
chimeral
acted
made
fashioned
non-material
conceived
invisible
dream-filled
trancelike
trance-like
nonnatural
suppositive
dreamt up
off the mark
non-natural
in your head
dicey
iffy
contrary to fact
unattainable
misty
hazy
stress-related
stress-induced
uncorporeal
dodgy
model
toy
filigree
diaphanous
inane
manmade
off beam
full of holes
way off beam
preposterous
ivory-towered
Utopian
unachievable
famed
faint
dreamish
hypnagogic
unauthentic
extraterrestrial
apish
hokey
quasi
make believe
unheard of
tall
meretricious
snide
inauthentic
ancient
famous
mercurial
elusive
outstanding
impressive
extraordinary
remarkable
enchanted
magic
important
magical
evanescent
flakeyUS
far out
fairy tale
kinky
flakyUK
framed
ungenuine
bent
bum
pirate
out-of-reach
lacking substance
engineered
preternatural
other-worldly
counterfeited
rare
evasive
imperceptible
unobservable
insensible
slight
unquantifiable
inappreciable
eluding
evading
unapparent
unsure
dubious
unverifiable
related
told
customary
unhistoric
unhistorical
handed-down
pinchbeck
cock and bull
hard to swallow
hard to take
non-viable
starry-eyed
silly
impossible
in the clouds
untested
unverified
unwarranted
unjustified
unattested
indescribable
indefinable
nonmaterialistic
paranormal
celestial
extramundane
religious
foolish
senseless
idealistic
half-baked
obscure
pie-in-the-sky
pie in the sky
castles in the air
essential
deep
basic
fundamental
perfectionist
expressive
nonvalid
unreliable
profound
universal
esoteric
creative
supersensory
daydreaming
astral
daydreamy
crazy
potty
academical
presumed
ephemeral
gratuitous
bottomless
mendacious
uncalled-for
off-base
oversubtle
not applicable
naive
nonrealistic
not sensible
nonsensical
fresh
exotic
original
infirm
petty
decrepit
puny
fly-by-night
supramundane
superhuman
jesuitic
unfleshly
supermundane
difficult
philosophic
unphysical
suprahuman
ontological
superior
eternal
supranatural
inspired
artistic
inventive
eccentric
fancy
quirky
originative
flighty
perceptual
presupposed
provisory
casual
contestable
disputable
assumptive
stochastic
debatable
postulated
problematic
contingent
equivocal
conditional
conjecturable
refutable
guessed
presumptive
suspect
proposed
pretending
artful
brilliant
unconventional
freaky
radical
fertile
freakish
ingenious
genius
experimental
innovative
keen
not backed up by evidence
innovational
unorthodox
vivid
revolutionary
astute
emotional
subliminal
too little too late
far-out
Promethean
head in the clouds
avant-garde
out of touch with reality
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Concealed from sight
invisible
hidden
concealed
imperceptible
inconspicuous
indiscernible
obscured
unseen
shrouded
unnoticeable
unseeable
cloaked
imperceivable
indistinguishable
undetectable
unnoticed
unobserved
clouded
discreet
disguised
indistinct
surreptitious
unexposed
unobtrusive
camouflaged
eclipsed
inappreciable
masked
nonexistent
obscure
secret
unapparent
undercover
undetected
unperceivable
unrevealed
veiled
covered
covert
ethereal
gaseous
ghostly
imaginary
impalpable
imponderable
insensible
intangible
latent
perdu
screened
undisclosed
unobservable
unviewable
vaporous
out of sight
not in sight
not visible
not in view
under wraps
in the dark
out of view
impossible to detect
under cover
furtive
masquerading
undivulged
underhand
sly
sneaky
clandestine
difficult to see
unexpressed
hard to see
interred
entombed
pretend
false
assumed
inhumed
artificial
sham
fake
forged
mock
imitation
top secret
cloistered
sequestered
dug in
coffined
confidential
strictly confidential
classified
pseudo
feigned
back-alley
counterfeit
phoneyUK
unpublished
untold
unknown
uncommunicated
changed
phonyUS
in disguise
unofficial
laid to rest
consigned to the grave
sailing under false colours
sub rosa
mumUK
quiet
restricted
momUS
not for publication
off the record
not to be disclosed
not for circulation
not to be made public
with a lid on
conspiratorial
stealthy
closet
backstairs
underhanded
sneaking
stealth
sneak
shifty
black
ambiguous
in ambush
mystic
cloak-and-dagger
on the QT
surprise
strange
unenlightened
deep
hugger-mugger
enigmatical
behind someone's back
behind-the-scenes
backdoor
out-of-the-way
top-secret
mystical
hole-and-corner
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems not to be of this world
ethereal
light
airy
delicate
dainty
exquisite
fine
gossamer
gossamery
insubstantial
subtle
tenuous
beautiful
elegant
fragile
graceful
aerial
diaphanous
fairy
fluffy
lovely
rarefied
refined
thin
impalpable
intangible
eerie
filmy
frail
gaseous
ghostly
otherworldly
unworldly
vaporous
vapory
waiflike
wraithlike
fetching
appealing
nice-looking
prepossessing
handsome
desirable
stunning
arousing
nubile
ravishing
magnetic
lovable
tantalizingUS
enchanting
inviting
agreeable
charismatic
captivating
spunky
tasty
entrancing
beguiling
luscious
bootylicious
glamourous
hot
personable
mesmeric
beckoning
enthralling
provocative
sensual
eye-catching
seductive
beauteous
arresting
likableUS
adorable
smashing
luring
engaging
enticing
sultry
hunky
sexy
interesting
irresistible
sensuous
fanciable
tempting
pleasant
winsome
winning
aestheticUK
goodly
bonnie
adorbs
bewitching
alluring
glamorous
dear
good
estheticUS
well favoured
seemly
sightly
knockout
taking
fit
likely
pulchritudinous
dreamboat
lovesome
eyeful
dishy
tantalisingUK
likeableUK
foxy
bijou
picture-perfect
drop-dead gorgeous
easy on the eye
well-favored
as pretty as a picture
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Very pale, thin, or bony
cadaverous
pale
ashen
pallid
bloodless
gaunt
ashy
emaciated
haggard
deathlike
skeletal
ashen-faced
blanched
bony
chalk-white
chalky
corpse-like
ghostly
grayUS
greyUK
wan
white
white-faced
deathly pale
exsanguinous
hollow-eyed
livid
waxen
waxy
whey-faced
deathly
drawn
ghastly
hollow-cheeked
pinched
raw-boned
scraggy
scrawny
skin-and-bones
anorexic
doughy
etiolated
lurid
lymphatic
mealy
paled
pasty
peaked
spindle-shanked
starveling
very thin
wasted
macilent
consumptive
corpselike
dead
peaky
sallow
sick
skeletonlike
spectral
thin
as thin as a rake
bag of bones
like a bag of bones
skin and bones
like death warmed up
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Characterized by causing hardships or problems
difficult
grim
hostile
adverse
tough
unfavorableUS
unfavourableUK
unfortunate
austere
dire
harsh
bad
bleak
cheerless
dark
dour
hard
injurious
negative
oppressive
perilous
awful
depressing
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pressing
upsetting
woeful
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