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rayless

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Synonyms & Antonyms of rayless

being without light or without much light

the strange creatures that lurk in the rayless depths of the sea

Synonyms for rayless

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

Words Related to rayless

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 rayless

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 rayless

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

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Thesaurus Entries Near rayless

raying

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rays

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“Rayless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rayless. Accessed 26 Sep. 2022.

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The first known use of rayless was in 1727

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