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rayless

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adjective

lacking rays or raylike parts.
unlit, dark, or gloomy: a rayless cave.

Origin of rayless

First recorded in 1735–45; ray1 + -less
Related formsray·less·ness, noun
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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, indistinct

Examples from the Web for rayless

Historical Examples of rayless

  • They all stood at the windows looking out into the rayless night.

  • Darkness hemmed him in, in rayless and triumphant obscurity.

    Under the Witches' Moon

    Nathan Gallizier

  • That morning there had broken over her a storm of rayless despair.

    Arundel

    Edward Frederic Benson

  • Far down into the dim, waveless, rayless depths, Mona has gone.

    A Veldt Official

    Bertram Mitford

  • Never before had all glint of hope been lost in rayless blackness.

    Under Handicap

    Jackson Gregory

British Dictionary definitions for rayless

rayless

adjective

dark; gloomy
lacking raysa rayless flower
Derived Formsraylessly, adverbraylessness, noun
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