sunless

adjective

ˈsən-ləs How to pronounce sunless (audio)
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as in darkening
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer mental patients who were once condemned to spend their lives in the sunless confines of a state asylum

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Recent Examples of sunless Instead the team spent those sunless early-morning hours verifying its results. — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2024 As for applying baby oil or a sunless tanner before spending time in the sun, as some TikTokers suggest, Houshman strongly advised against it. — Kristen Fischer, Health, 15 Aug. 2024 Cosmetic sunless tanners, such as bronzers and sunless tanner lotions, are considered safe when used appropriately. — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2024 This is what the world looks like at the ocean’s sunless depths. — James Nestor, Outside Online, 18 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for sunless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunless
  1. dark
  2. bleak
  3. lonely
  4. desolate
  5. depressive
  6. depressing
  7. somber
  8. gray
Adjective
  • Boat Rocker’s slate currently comprises the likes of 1980s throwback dark comedy Video Nasty, drama series Mix Tape and Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber’s Sundance 2024 doc War Game.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The outage was random and intermittent, lasting for 45 minutes at a time, then resuming only to go dark again for another 45 minutes.
    — John Brandon, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of dark
Adjective
  • Voters were also asked to give one word to describe the Democratic Party, and the responses were bleak.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Outside of the December slide, this is as bleak as it’s looked for the Rangers this season.
    — Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of bleak
Adjective
  • Retirement has been described by many who struggle as being incredibly lonely.
    — Lorraine Wiseman, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The withdrawn San Francisco drama, about lonely nonbinary nanny and restaurant server Cass (Asia Kate Dillon), is simple in its presentation, but disguises numerous layers to its story.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of lonely
Adjective
  • That quality is maintained first and foremost by a desolate whistling-wind sound effect in the background of all the scenes, along with a sustained droning musical score.
    — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 14 Mar. 2025
  • But a tire mark left on a desolate road near a missing woman’s car changes everything.
    — Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of desolate
Adjective
  • Researchers were surprised that the decrease in depressive symptoms was on par or even more significant than the reductions documented in studies of people taking antidepressant medications.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Tragically, they are killed by their mother, who drowns them in a manic depressive episode while their father is away on business.
    — Nicole Briese, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Definition of depressive
Adjective
  • Still, overall traffic expectations in Meridian are basically pretty depressing.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Depending on your point of view, either the depressing vibes outweigh the gorgeous animation or the gorgeous animation outweighs the depressing vibes.
    — Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
Definition of depressing
Adjective
  • Field’s somber, clear-eyed Sonya has ardent desires but few illusions.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
  • At a somber bill-signing less than a month after the mass shooting at the school, Scott was joined by parents of the Parkland victims and area legislators in his office in the state Capitol in Tallahassee.
    — Steve Bousquet, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of somber
Adjective
  • There was a single pillow and a worn gray blanket that lay folded at the foot.
    — Graydon Carter, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Wearing tan prison garb and sporting a newly gray head of hair and beard, Combs, 55, denied the new allegations included in a superseding indictment prosecutors filed in March.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of gray

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“Sunless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunless. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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