| Main Entry: | sunless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark |
Synonyms: |
cloudy, dismal, dusky, gloomy, gray, overcast, rainy |
| Main Entry: | cloudy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hazy; darkened |
Synonyms: |
blurred, confused, dark, dense, dim, dismal, dull, dusky, emulsified, foggy, gloomy, heavy, indefinite, indistinct, leaden, lowering, misty, mucky, muddy, murky, mushy, nebulous, nontranslucent, nontransparent, not clear, nubilous, obscure, opaque, overcast, somber, sullen, sunless, vaporous |
| Notes: | to the National Weather Service, partly cloudy (what we think of as partly sunny) is 3/8-5/8 cloud cover, mostly cloudy is 6/8-7/8 cloud cover, and cloudy is 8/8 |
Antonyms: |
clear, cloudless |
| Main Entry: | dark |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lack of light |
Synonyms: |
Cimmerian, aphotic, atramentous, black, blackish, caliginous, clouded, cloudy, crepuscular, darkened, dim, dingy, drab, dull, dun, dusk, dusky, faint, foggy, gloomy, grimy, ill-lighted, indistinct, inky, lightless, lurid, misty, murky, nebulous, obfuscous, obscure, opaque, overcast, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, rayless, shaded, shadowy, shady, somber, sooty, stygian, sunless, tenebrous, unlighted, unlit, vague |
Antonyms: |
bright, brilliant, illuminated, light, lucid, luminous, radiant, shining, visible, vivid |
| Main Entry: | overcast |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cloudy, darkened |
Synonyms: |
clouded, clouded over, dark, dismal, dreary, dull, gray, hazy, leaden, lowering, murky, nebulous, not clear, not fair, oppressive, somber, sunless, threatening |
Antonyms: |
bright, clear, sunny |
| Main Entry: | tenebrous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark, ominous |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, amphibological, caliginous, dim, dingy, dusk, dusky, equivocal, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, shadowy, shady, somber, sunless, uncertain, unclear, unexplicit, unilluminated, unintelligible, unlit, vague |
Antonyms: |
inviting, light |