semidark
- adjective
- /ˌsɛmɪˈdɑrk/
:
semioscuro
- The room was semidark, illuminated only by the soft glow of a single candle on the table.
Examples
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In the semidark alley, shadows danced as the streetlights flickered to life.
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It was semidark, but everywhere red eyes lit the darkness.
Fiction book (1999) -
For a long time now, I have been living on imaginary things that happened or perhaps didn't happen to me, except for the deep semidark mist that surrounds me.
Fiction book (1993) -
As the sun began to set, the forest grew semidark, making it hard to see the path.
Synonyms
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2.3
Dark and not well lit so a place feels sad
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5.3
Not having enough light so things look dark
Light that is between bright day and darkness, like at dawn or dusk
A place with less light than usual
Partly shaded and receiving some direct sunlight
Partly protected from direct sun and good for some plants
Full of shade from trees
Antonyms
How Dark
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Semidark combines the prefix semi- meaning 'half', as in semifinal, and the word dark meaning 'not bright'. So semidark means 'half dark' or partly without light, which is why we use it for a place that is not fully bright.