ECLIPSES Synonyms

• made dim or less bright

• lacking in light; not bright or harsh

• lacking clarity or distinctness

• offering little or no hope

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

• become dim or lusterless

• make dim or lusterless

• make dim by comparison or conceal

• become vague or indistinct

• be greater in scope or size than some standard

• be superior or better than some standard

• be or do something to a greater degree

• not clearly expressed or understood

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• difficult to find

• not famous or acclaimed

• not drawing attention

• remote and separate physically or socially

• make less visible or unclear

• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

• make unintelligible or unclear

• reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• shine brighter than

• attract more attention and praise than others

• be greater in significance than

• make appear small by comparison

• cast a shadow upon

• distinguish oneself

• be or do something to a greater degree

• move past

• be greater in scope or size than some standard

• omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences

• the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators