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[ lahyt-lis ] / ˈlaɪt lɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lightless ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivewithout light or lights; receiving no light; dark. giving no light. Origin of lightlessbefore 1000; Middle English lihtles,Old English lēohtlēas.See light1, -less OTHER WORDS FROM lightlesslight·less·ness, nounWords nearby lightlesslighting, lighting cameraman, lighting-up time, light into, lightish, lightless, light line, lightly, light machine gun, light meat, light meter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lightlessOne survivor told of being thrown into a lightless cave for six months. You, Too, Could Be a Homicidal Zealot|Joel Gold|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST If Bales's guilt is true, his soul must surely be a dark, lightless place. Michael Ware on Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, Accused of Killing Afghan Civilians|Michael Ware|March 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST It seemed to him that he had come up to earth from out of some lightless, subterranean cavern. The Goose Man|Jacob Wassermann Numberless effects, apparently anomalous, might be adduced in illustration of the action of these lightless rays. Fragments of science, V. 1-2|John Tyndall
The world of Lewis Stillman was damp and lightless; it was narrow and its cold stone walls pressed in upon him as he moved. Small World|William F. Nolan The Cedars stood before us as yet lightless against the northern sky. In the Valley|Harold Frederic The protecting glare of day must be unbearable to this monster from the lightless depths, and daylight was vanishing. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930|Various
Words related to lightlessmurky, dim, misty, shadowy, overcast, somber, cloudy, dingy, gloomy, black, drab, foggy, dull, darkened, lackluster, faint, dark, fuzzy, vague, blurred |