Sunless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sunless is an adjective meaning Without the sun or sunshine; shaded; shadowed.
Meaning
Without the sun or sunshine; shaded; shadowed.
More Meanings
- (figuratively) Dreary, cheerless.
Example Sentences
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea.
When I first saw her, her countenance was sunless, her complexion colourless; she looked like one who had no source of enjoyment, no store of bliss anywhere in the world.
Synonyms for sunless
Depending on context, synonyms include bleak, gloomy, cheerless, comfortless, dark, morose.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overcast, clouded, cloudy, dark, shadeless, sunshineless.
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