darksome
- adjective
- /ˈdɑrk.səm/
- Archaic
- 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
A strange, frightening feeling as if ghosts are nearby
A place that is dark and hard to see because of low light or fog
A place with less light than usual
Dark and not well lit so a place feels sad
Strange in a way that makes you feel afraid or uneasy
So dark and frightening that it feels like a deep underground place
Dark and cloudy, making a place feel gloomy
Dark and dull in color, not bright
A little less light in color than usual
Dark and full of shadows in a way that makes you feel sad or scared
Very dark, almost black, in color or very sad and gloomy
Hard to see or understand because it is not clear
Dark and full of shadows that make a place feel gloomy
Having a soft dark color like the sky at dusk
Dark and shadowy in a way that feels frightening
A dark, gloomy place that makes people feel afraid or uncomfortable
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 gloomy in a way that makes a place feel scary
Not clear and dark, like water or fog
Dark and gloomy like a place where dead people live
Dark and sad in a way that makes you feel unhappy
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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.