[a-DUHM-breyt]
verb
To foreshadow; prefigure.
The coal mine collapse adumbrated the oil spill fuck up in the gulf, which itself, is probably adumbrating some kind of nuclear disaster.
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Modern Language Association (MLA Style)
Adumbrate. The Effin Word, The Effin Word, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/adumbrate. Accessed 23 June 2025.
The Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago Style)
The Effin Word, s.v. adumbrate, accessed June 23, 2025, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/adumbrate.
American Psychological Association (APA Style)
The Effin Word. (n.d.). Adumbrate. In The Effin Word. Retrieved June 23, 2025, from https://effinwords.com/dictionary/adumbrate