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darksome
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dark·some

adjective \ˈdärk-səm\

Definition of DARKSOME

: gloomily somber : dark
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Examples of DARKSOME

  1. <a pile of darksome ruins in the heart of the forest>

First Known Use of DARKSOME

circa 1530

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Synonyms
black, caliginous, darkened, darkish, darkling, dark, dim, dimmed, dusk, dusky, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, rayless, somber (or sombre), stygian, tenebrific, tenebrous, unlit
Antonyms
bright, brightened, brilliant, illuminated, illumined, light, lit (or lighted), lightsome, lucent, lucid, luminous

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