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Antonyms for lightless

Grammar : Adj

Spell : lahyt-lis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪt lɪs

Definition of lightless

Origin : Old English leohtleas; see light (n.) + -less.

As in obscure : adj cloudy, shadowy
As in tenebrous : adj dark, ominous
As in dark : adj lack of light
As in dim : adj darkish
As in dusky : adj dark-hued; murky
As in gloomy : adj dark, black

Example sentences :

The Cedars stood before us as yet lightless against the northern sky.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Not in her most ponderous and lightless masses will nature ever leave us 14.
Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin

For it seemed to him that it must be the death of him followed by a lightless, bottomless pit.
Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad

The little tender, lightless, escaped their observation, and we were picked up.
Extract from : « The Ultimate Weapon » by John Wood Campbell

But there was a narrow, lightless alleyway a few steps ahead.
Extract from : « The Butterfly Kiss » by Arthur Dekker Savage

A while, and even this had gone, and I was wrapped in an impalpable, lightless gloom.
Extract from : « The House on the Borderland » by William Hope Hodgson

Kinghamstead became a lightless place when she went to Oxford.
Extract from : « The New Machiavelli » by Herbert George Wells

The world of Lewis Stillman was damp and lightless; it was narrow and its cold stone walls pressed in upon him as he moved.
Extract from : « Small World » by William F. Nolan

Having no lamps we are forced to train ourselves to travel through the blackest night, lightless.
Extract from : « The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle » by Hugh Lofting

Here and there dreary and cheerless public houses appeared, with lighted windows conspicuous in a lightless waste.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Synonyms for lightless

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