Antonyms for unilluminated

Grammar : Adj

Spell : verb ih-loo-muh-neyt; adjective, noun ih-loo-muh-nit, -neyt

Phonetic Transcription : verb ɪˈlu məˌneɪt; adjective, noun ɪˈlu mə nɪt, -ˌneɪt

Definition of unilluminated

Origin : c.1500, "to light up, shine on," a back-formation from illumination, or else from Latin illuminatus, past participle of illuminare (see illumination). Earlier was enlumyen (late 14c.) "decorate written material with gold, silver, bright colors," from Old French enluminer, from Late Latin inluminare; also illumine (late 14c.). Related: Illuminated; illuminating.

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

Example sentences :

The unilluminated Jews would have preferred that there should be no change in the laws.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

But even in the deep shadows of the unilluminated pathways it was not quiet.
Extract from : « The Burning Secret » by Stefan Zweig

Wanting it, what savage unsocial nights must our ancestors have spent, wintering in caves and unilluminated fastnesses!
Extract from : « The Archaeology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland » by Daniel Wilson

I'm afraid the only sure way is to keep on the unilluminated side of the Earth which is rather difficult to do.
Extract from : « Disturbing Sun » by Robert Shirley Richardson

The bald fact, unilluminated by a single particular, seemed to satisfy her.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 » by Various

We had turned off the road into a bare, grass-grown avenue, leading up to a red-brick house, unilluminated by a single light.
Extract from : « Mr. Marx's Secret » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

It pained me exceedingly to listen, for an hour, to my own dull and unilluminated lecture.
Extract from : « The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 » by Various

The dullest and most unilluminated text-book produced at the present day is far more correct than Anaxagoras.
Extract from : « Euripedes and His Age » by Gilbert Murray

We must clear up this unilluminated atmosphere, and here,—here is the true electric light which will irradiate its darkness.
Extract from : « Medical Essays » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Till then the book of nature presents us only with blank, unilluminated pages.
Extract from : « British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV » by Various

Synonyms for unilluminated

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