shrouded
Wrapped in mystery
Shrouded means wrapped or concealed as if in a shroud—the cloth used to wrap a corpse.
Something shrouded is hidden from view or understanding: The mountain peak was shrouded in mist, The project remained shrouded in secrecy.
The word carries a sense of obscurity that is deliberate or mysterious rather than accidental.
Made invisible deliberately
- secretConcealed information
- invisibleCannot be seen
- unseenNot perceived visually
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
masked · disguised · undetected · latent · covert · clandestine · undercover · incognito
Covered entirely, uniformly
- drapedHung in loose folds
- envelopedFully enclosed around
- swathedWrapped in layers
- cloakedConcealed or covered
wrapped · sheathed · encased · coated · mantled · veiled · canopied · tarpaulin
Puzzling and obscure
- crypticObscure in meaning
- arcaneUnderstood by few
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
inexplicable · mystical · occult · esoteric · shadowy · sphinxlike · perplexing · ambiguous
Obscured by vapor
murky · nebulous · shadowed · overcast · smoky · blurred · indistinct · opaque
concealed
Made invisible deliberately
buried · masked · disguised · undetected · latent · covert · clandestine · undercover · incognito · camouflaged
blanketed
Covered entirely, uniformly
cloaked · wrapped · sheathed · encased · coated · mantled · veiled · canopied · tarpaulin · clad
enigmatic
Puzzling and obscure
- crypticObscure in meaning
- arcaneUnderstood by few
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
unfathomable · inexplicable · mystical · occult · esoteric · shadowy · sphinxlike · perplexing · ambiguous · opaque
foggy
Obscured by vapor
dimmed · murky · nebulous · shadowed · overcast · smoky · blurred · indistinct · opaque · unclear
funeral
Service honoring the dead
casket · grave · corpse · interment · hearse · mortuary · pall · bier · winding-sheet · entombment
linen
Flax-derived textile
- clothWoven or knit material
- winding-sheetBurial cloth for bodies
- gauzeOpen-weave medical fabric
muslin · silk · cotton · white · gossamer · tulle · veil · drapery · lace · chiffon
- Darknessblackness, pitch black, pitch-black, inkiness, murk
- mysteriousmysterious, cryptic, enigmatic, arcane, obscure
- visibilityvisibility, visible, invisible, hidden, hide
- partially visiblesilhouette, outline, shadow, glimpse, peek
- Mysticalethereal, otherworldly, supernatural, numinous, transcendent
- redactedredacted, censored, blacked out, expunged, deleted
- burial shroud
- holy shroudConsecrated burial wrapping
- death shroud
- funeral shroudBurial cloth for bodies
- white shroudPale burial garment
- Shroud of TurinContested burial fabric relic
shroud, enshroud, shrouds, shrouding, enshrouded, unshrouded, enshrouding, shroudlike