Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Without light; giving no light; dark.
Wiktionary
- adj. Lacking light; unilluminated
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Destitute of light; dark.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. without illumination
- adj. giving no light
Etymologies
- light + -less (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Thus when I read of the possible annihilation of the elephant or the whale, or the pouring of oven cleaner or cosmetics into the eyes of live kittens, or the close confinement of pigs and calves in lightless pens, I feel myself confronted by human stupidity, which I recognize as an enemy.”
“Suddenly I was drifting in a cocoon, soundless, lightless, no sharp edges or uneven surfaces.”
“It had a creepy lightless attic, in which we occasionally heard mysterious footsteps, and”
“When I opened the door and looked through the grille separating the lightless enclosure from the visitors' parlor, I found her standing under the massive crucifix, looking up at the pale and bleeding Christ.”
“That's the lightless pit of hell calling the noonday sky black.”
The Huffington Post: Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs. Senior Citizens : Spinning Marty
“I tiptoe down the hall, open a door and squeeze into the room, which is as lightless as the inside of a bucket.”
“It was lightless, but a faint edge of galactic light picked out the shape.”
“I tiptoe down the hall, open a door and squeeze into the room, which is as lightless as the inside of a minnow bucket.”
“Since then, Gilad's parents, Noam and Aviva Shalit, have only received three letters from their son as well as a brief video showing an emaciated hostage with a haunted expression and lightless eyes.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lightless’.
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-more or -less
Words ending with *more or *less, more or less. Many of theses terms also appear on the list The -less Said, which see.
schemaless, jobless, endless, useless, unless, guileless, wireless, regardless, homeless, nevertheless, countless, doubtless and 434 more...
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The -less Said...
hopeless, bootless, groundless, luckless, artless, feckless, hapless, joyless, useless, penniless, childless, peerless and 310 more...
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words about light
words about light, about qualities of light, about ways light is transmitted, about vision and lack thereof.
opacity, aureate, translucent, vivid, visual, blinding, dimness, brightness, lumens, luminous, fresnel, illumination and 27 more...
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Poetrie: For the Anniversary of My Death
For the Anniversary of My Death
by W.S. Merwin
Every year without knowing it I have passed the day
When the last fires will wave to me
And the silence will set out...bowing, cease, wren, writing, shamelessness, woman, earth, garment, strange, lightless, beam, tireless and 3 more...
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