Synonyms and Antonyms of shroud
1
to keep secret or shut off from view
- shrouded the fact that the child had been adopted
belie, blanket, blot out, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain, disguise, enshroud, hide, mask, obscure, occult, paper over, screen, suppress, veil
bury, camouflage, cover (up), smother
gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash
becloud, bedim, befog, block, cloud, darken, eclipse, obstruct, occlude, overcast, overshadow, shade
bare, disclose, display, divulge, expose, reveal, show, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil
2
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
- the smog shrouded our aerial view of the city
becloud, bedim, befog, blacken, blear, blur, cloud, darken, dim, dislimn, fog, fuzz (up), haze, mist, obscure, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, shadow
adumbrate, blot out, conceal, eclipse, hide, obliterate, screen, shade
camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, disguise, mask, veil
3
to surround or cover closely
- during rainy season the summit of the mountain is shrouded in mist
bosom, bower, circumfuse, cocoon, embosom, embower, embrace, enclose (also inclose), encompass, enfold, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, invest, involve, lap, mantle, muffle, swathe, veil, wrap
curtain, drape
embed (also imbed), encase
swaddle
blanket, overlay, overspread
camouflage, cloak, disguise, mask
circle, encircle, enlace, enwind
