Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
😐 Lacking meaning 🌊 Immeasurably deep
depthless

depthless

1 7.2
So far down that it seems to have no bottom, like an ocean or someone's eyes
  • adjective
  • /ˈdɛpθləs/
translation icon : infinito
  • They were crouched in front of the depthless gray door of the transit booth.

Examples

  • The ocean appeared depthless, its dark waters seemingly extending into infinity.

  • Thrale studied me with eyes as green and depthless as the eyes of a snake.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • To return someday, fully armored, to the depthless riches of my father's garden.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • My coffined trousseau slid into the depthless deep of the sea, a darkness complete and cold.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The bird catcher's glance skipped over the saw before fixing on the dark, depthless door of the transit booth.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • He whirled around to see a synthetic warden emerging from the depthless gray door of the transit booth.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Looking into the depthless well, she felt as though she might fall forever.

  • The mountain's valley was shrouded in mist, creating a depthless view that captivated all who gazed into it.

Synonyms

deep
vsdepthless
∞ 1.0

Far down from the surface or top

is much stronger, implying no measurable bottom or seeming bottomless
bottomless
vsdepthless
12 5.0

So deep that you cannot see or reach the lowest part

focuses more on seeming to have no visible floor rather than only unreachable depth
fathomless
vsdepthless
2 8.6

So deep that you cannot measure or understand it

is close but also stresses the visual impression of no bottom
unsounded
vsdepthless
  • Specialized
1 9.8

Too deep to measure, often about water or caves

is like that but adds the sense of appearing bottomless
abyssal
vsdepthless
1 9.8

Very deep and hard to understand or imagine

is more about being unmeasurable or appearing to have no bottom
unsoundable
vsdepthless
  • Archaic
9.9

Too deep to measure, with a bottom you cannot find

is similar but also highlights seeming to have no bottom

How Deep

depthless
1 7.2
profound
123 6.3
deep
332 1.0
shallow
155 1.6

Surface Forms

depthless positive

Morphology

depthless = depth (transparent) = depth + less

The meaning 'so deep as to appear to have no bottom' is a natural extension of 'without depth' and follows the productive use of '-less'.

Etymology

Depthless comes from depth ('how deep something is') plus -less ('without'), similar to bottomless. So depthless can also mean so deep that it seems to have no bottom or is impossible to measure.