rayless
lacking rays or raylike parts.
unlit, dark, or gloomy: a rayless cave.
Origin of rayless
1Other words from rayless
- ray·less·ness, noun
Words Nearby rayless
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How to use rayless in a sentence
When the reddleman's figure could no longer be seen, Wildeve himself descended and plunged into the rayless hollow of the vale.
Return of the Native | Thomas HardySo there they stood, seven sorrowful little figures engulfed in the rayless despair of childhood and the bitterness of poverty.
Americans All | VariousThe sky had cleared; and the moon, changed to blood-red hues, hung like a rayless sun midway in the nocturnal heavens.
The Hill of Venus | Nathan GallizierHer face did not please the mother; it seemed haughty in its sternness and immobility, and her eyes were rayless.
Mother | Maksim GorkyNever before had all glint of hope been lost in rayless blackness.
Under Handicap | Jackson Gregory
British Dictionary definitions for rayless
/ (ˈreɪlɪs) /
dark; gloomy
lacking rays: a rayless flower
Derived forms of rayless
- raylessly, adverb
- raylessness, noun
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