darksome

American  

[dahrk-suhm] / ˈdɑrk səm /

adjective

1. dark; darkish.

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darksome British  

/ ˈdɑːksəm /

adjective

1. literary  dark or darkish

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Other Word Forms

• darksomeness noun

Etymology

Origin of darksome

First recorded in 1520–30; dark + -some ¹

Example Sentences

Helen has larger troubles to contend with, namely the presence of a darksome being called the Screenslaver, whose plan is to transform upstanding citizens into staring zombies by hypnosis, and who seems, from his vocabulary, to have swallowed his regulation dose of Noam Chomsky, Jean Baudrillard, and other prophets of our alienated gloom.

From The New Yorker

Mr. 13-04 and I made our way through the darksome streets.

From Literature

‘There must have been a mighty crowd of dwarves here at one time,’ said Sam; ‘and every one of them busier than badgers for five hundred years to make all this, and most in hard rock too! What did they do it all for? They didn’t live in these darksome holes surely?’

From Literature

‘This is the great realm and city of the Dwarrowdelf. And of old it was not darksome, but full of light and splendour, as is still remembered in our songs.’

From Literature

They decided to take a detour round the place where they had seen the monster tied up, and marched away through the darksome trees without a thought of danger.

From Literature