rayless
[rey-lis]
adjective
lacking rays or raylike parts.
unlit, dark, or gloomy: a rayless cave.
Origin of rayless
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Related Words for rayless
dim, misty, murky, shadowy, overcast, somber, cloudy, dingy, gloomy, black, drab, foggy, dull, darkened, faint, dusk, dun, dusky, grimy, indistinctExamples from the Web for rayless
Historical Examples of rayless
They all stood at the windows looking out into the rayless night.
Henry IV, Makers of HistoryJohn S. C. Abbott
Darkness hemmed him in, in rayless and triumphant obscurity.
Under the Witches' MoonNathan Gallizier
That morning there had broken over her a storm of rayless despair.
ArundelEdward Frederic Benson
Far down into the dim, waveless, rayless depths, Mona has gone.
A Veldt OfficialBertram Mitford
Never before had all glint of hope been lost in rayless blackness.
Under HandicapJackson Gregory
rayless
adjective
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