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Pronunciation: [dˈɛnd] (IPA)

Denned is a verb that typically means to stay in a den, a hideaway or a lair. Synonyms for denned include hibernated, stayed put, holed up, remained hidden and lounged. Other similar words include secluded, sheltered, tucked away, nestled and concealed. To describe a person who is denned, you could use the words isolated, sequestered, removed, or apart. To provide more visual context to denned, you could mention words like tucked away, nestled, concealed or hidden. Overall, the synonyms for denned help convey a sense of being hidden, safe or protected.
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"We don't trap them this time of year, son, because there are none to trap; they're denned up for the winter," he explained.
"The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp"
Thornton W. Burgess
They were, indeed, all over the place, up and down, in every variety of costume and aspect, but none were so picturesque as a little group of monks who had climbed to a higher tier of the arches and stood looking down into the depths where we looked up at them, denned against the sky in their black robes, which opened to show their under robes of white.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells
His play is free and bold and sure, and graceful in the extreme; his runs pure and liquid; his figures always clean and perfectly denned; his command of rapid octave passages prodigious; and so we might go through with all the technical points of masterly execution.
"Great Violinists And Pianists"
George T. Ferris

Famous quotes with Denned

  • Christian faith is a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows. Standing without you see no glory, nor can possibly imagine any. Nothing is visible but the merest outline of dusky shapes. Standing within all is clear and denned; every ray of light reveals an army of unspeakable splendors.
    John Ruskin

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