darksome
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˈdɑrk.səm/
- Archaic
:
tenebroso
- From crawling from their darksome lair.
Examples
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Casimir turned away from the darksome city and climbed through the window.
Fiction book (1992) -
Few members of any of these immigrant groups spoke English, and the Eastern and Southern Europeans were largely Catholics, at a time when Catholicism was viewed with darksome suspicion by many Protestant Americans.
Blog text (28) -
The darksome forest was filled with whispering shadows that made her uneasy.
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As night fell, the darksome alley appeared more ominous than ever before.
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He often found himself lost in darksome thoughts that clouded his mind.
Synonyms
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5.1
A strange, frightening feeling as if ghosts are nearby
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4.9
A place that is dark and hard to see because of low light or fog
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2.3
Dark and not well lit so a place feels sad
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5.1
Hard to see or understand because it is not clear
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4.2
Dark and dull in color, not bright
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5.6
Dark and cloudy, making a place feel gloomy
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2.0
A little less light in color than usual
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9.9
So dark and frightening that it feels like a deep underground place
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9.9
Dark and full of shadows that make a place feel gloomy
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8.9
Dark and full of shadows in a way that makes you feel sad or scared
Dark and gloomy in a way that makes a place feel sad or scary
A place that is dark and misty and feels gloomy
Dark and shadowy in a way that feels frightening
Not clear and dark, like water or fog
Dark and gloomy in a way that makes a place feel scary
Very dark, almost black, in color or very sad and gloomy
Dark and gloomy like a place where dead people live
Dark and sad in a way that makes you feel unhappy
A dark, gloomy place that makes people feel afraid or uncomfortable
Having a soft dark color like the sky at dusk
A place with less light than usual
Strange in a way that makes you feel afraid or uneasy
Antonyms
How Dark
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Morphology
Etymology
The word darksome comes from dark and the old ending -some, which meant 'full of' or 'causing' and appears in words like fearsome. So darksome means 'full of darkness' and is used for places or feelings that are gloomy or mysterious.