Definitions

unlit

ADJECTIVE

dark

Synonyms

STRONGEST

black cloudy darkened dim dingy drab dull foggy gloomy misty murky overcast shadowy somber

STRONG

dun faint

WEAK

aphotic atramentous blackish caliginous cimmerian clouded crepuscular dusky ill-lighted indistinct inky lightless lurid nebulous obfuscous obscure opaque pitch-black pitch-dark pitchy rayless shaded shady sooty stygian sunless tenebrous unlighted vague

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright cheerful clean clear distinct good happy intelligent joyful light luminous smart sparkling sunny vivacious

WEAK

apparent brilliant encouraging evident hopeful illuminated lucid manifest moral plain pleased radiant shining visible vivid

ADJECTIVE

dull

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cloudy cold dark dim dismal flat hazy lifeless muddy muted obscure soft somber subdued

STRONG

black blind dun faded low matte muffled overcast plain sober softened

WEAK

ashen colorless dead dingy dusky feeble grimy indistinct leaden mousy murky opaque shadowy sooty subfusc toned-down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apparent bright brilliant cheerful clear distinct excited good happy hopeful intelligent light rough smart visible

WEAK

active eventful exciting interesting keen knifelike lively luminous lustrous pointed quick sensitive serrated sharp vivacious witty

ADJECTIVE

gloomy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bleak cloudy dim dismal dreary dull forlorn funereal murky overcast somber

WEAK

caliginous cheerless clouded crepuscular desolate dusky lightless obscure overclouded sepulchral shadowy tenebrous unilluminated wintry

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright cheerful clear happy hopeful intelligent joyful light lively luminous pleasant smart sunny

WEAK

animated content encouraged encouraging exhilarating sparkling uplifting vivacious

ADJECTIVE

obscure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

murky

STRONG

blurred clouded dim dusk faint obfuscated veiled

WEAK

caliginous dark dense dusky fuliginous gloomy indistinct lightless shady somber tenebrous umbrageous unilluminated

Antonyms

STRONG

clear distinct

WEAK

apparent bright explicit obvious perceptible visible

ADJECTIVE

tenebrous

Synonyms

WEAK

ambiguous amphibological caliginous dim dingy dusk dusky equivocal gloomy lightless murky obscure shadowy shady somber sunless uncertain unclear unexplicit unilluminated unintelligible vague

Antonyms

WEAK

inviting light

Example Sentences

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Unlit Christmas decorations sagged on surrounding houses, a couple of police cars idled nearby, traffic whizzed around the giant circle.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2021

Unlit, seen without makeup, Seberg might be an actress in an Ingmar Bergman film — or is she simply playing at being one?

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2020

Unlit brass oil lamps hung at intervals from the ceiling.

From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert

Hourly the tempter's ambuscades But thou didst guard the gates and keep Thy senses' hungry colonnades Accessible but to Beauty's ministers, Unlit by any ruby flame but hers.

From The Three Hills And other Poems by Baudelaire, Charles

Let each day pass, well ordered in its usefulness, Unlit by sunshine, unscarred by storm; Dower me with strength and curb all foolish eagerness — The law exacts obedience.

From A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass by Lowell, Amy

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