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darksome

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Synonyms & Antonyms of darksome

being without light or without much light

a pile of darksome ruins in the heart of the forest

Synonyms for darksome

black,
caliginous,
dark,
darkened,
darkish,
darkling,
dim,
dimmed,
dusk,
dusky,
gloomy,
lightless,
murky,
obscure,
obscured,
pitch-black,
pitch-dark,
pitchy,
rayless,
somber
(or sombre),
stygian,
tenebrific,
tenebrous,
unlit

Words Related to darksome

crepuscular,
twilit

moonless,
starless,
sunless

cloudy,
dull,
dulled,
lackluster

shadowlike,
shadowy,
shady

gray
(also grey),
leaden,
pale

beclouded,
befogged,
clouded,
foggy,
fuliginous,
misty,
smoggy,
soupy

Near Antonyms for darksome

ablaze,
agleam,
aglitter,
alight,
beaming,
beamy,
effulgent,
glaring,
glowing,
incandescent,
lambent,
radiant,
relucent,
resplendent,
shining,
sparkling

ultrabright

glossy,
lustrous,
shiny

floodlit
(also floodlighted),
highlighted,
spotlighted
(or spotlit)

moonlit,
moony,
starlit,
sunlit

Antonyms for darksome

bright,
brightened,
brilliant,
illuminated,
illumined,
light,
lit
(or lighted),
lightsome,
lucent,
lucid,
luminous

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The first known use of darksome was circa 1530

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