SUNLESS Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

sunless

adjective

ˈsən-ləs

as in dark

causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer mental patients who were once condemned to spend their lives in the sunless confines of a state asylum

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Recent Examples of sunless As a safer alternative, many people opt for sunless tanning methods such as fake tan products or sprays. —

Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025 The setting is oppressive — cramped, sunless rooms in which workers push out pant after pant, shirt after shirt, vest after vest — but Wang’s gaze is never pitiful or exploitative. —

Devika Girish, New York Times, 2 May 2025 The sunless tanner brand hosted the group — which also included viral personalities like Bonnie Wyrick, Jaz Smith and Bran Flakezz — at Be Tulum resort, where the 10 creators gathered to celebrate self-expression and confidence. —

Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025 The Food and Drug Administration has approved DHA for use in sunless tanners. —

Gillian Mohney, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sunless

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Adjective

The rooms In darker hues with lots of hardwood and colorful fabrics, the rooms here don’t fall into your standard contemporary look.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2026
Forty-four of the 89 counties along Route 66 were sundown towns, communities where it was encouraged for Black people to leave before dark — or else.

— Jasmine Desiree, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026