Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
adumbral | shadowy. |
becloud | to cause obscurity or dimness to; to cloud. |
bedarken | to make dark. |
bedim | to make dim. |
begloom | to make gloomy. |
beshadow | (Arch.) to cast a shadow over. |
caliginosity | darkness, sootiness. |
caliginous | (Arch.) dark, shadowy. |
cimmerian | very dark or gloomy. |
dark | not light in colour (noun) a state of darkness; (verb) to darken |
darken | to make dark. |
darkener | someone or something that darkens. |
darkish | somewhat dark. |
darkle | to grow dark; to show indistinctly. |
darkling | in the dark, taking place in the dark. |
darklings | in the dark, taking place in the dark. |
darkly | in a dark manner. |
darkness | the state of being dark. |
darksome | dark, somber. |
dim | not bright (verb) to make dim |
dimly | (Adv.) DIM, not bright. |
dimmish | somewhat dim. |
dimness | the state of being dim. |
dinge | dinginess. |
dirke | (Spenser) dark; (verb) to darken. |
disilluminate | to destroy the light of, to darken. |
drumly | (Scots) turbid, muddy, gloomy. |
dusk | dark, twilit (noun) the time preceding nightfall (verb) to become dusk |
dusken | to make dusk or obscure. |
duskily | (Adv.) DUSKY, shady. |
duskiness | the state of being dusky. |
duskish | somewhat dusky. |
duskishly | (Adv.) DUSKISH, somewhat dusky. |
duskishness | the state of being duskish. |
duskly | (Adv.) DUSK, twilit. |
duskness | duskiness. |
dusky | shady. |
engloom | to make gloomy. |
fuliginosity | the state of being fuliginous. |
fuliginous | sooty; having a dark or dusky color. |
fuliginously | (Adv.) FULIGINOUS, sooty. |
fuliginousness | the state of being fuliginous, sooty. |
gloomful | full of gloom. |
gloomfully | (Adv.) GLOOMFUL, full of gloom. |
gloomily | (Adv.) GLOOMY, dismally dark. |
gloominess | the state of being gloomy. |
gloomy | dismally dark. |
inumbrate | to cast a shadow upon. |
loury | gloomy, louring. |
lowery | cloudy, gloomy, lowering. |
melanise | to make dark. |
melanize | to make dark. |
mirk | dark, gloomy (noun) darkness, gloom |
mirkily | (Adv.) MIRKY, murky. |
mirkiness | the state of being mirky, dark, gloomy. |
mirky | dark, gloomy; obscured by fog, dense vapour, etc. |
murk | dark, gloomy, obscure (noun) darkness, gloom, MURKY; (verb) to murder, defeat convincingly |
murkily | (Adv.) MURKY, dark, gloomy. |
murkiness | the state of being murky. |
murkish | somewhat murky. |
murkly | (Adv.) MURK, dark, gloomy. |
murksome | murky. |
murky | dark, gloomy, obscured by fog, dense vapour, etc. |
nightside | the dark, mysterious or gloomy side of anything. |
obfuscate | to darken, make obscure, confuse. |
obfuscation | the act of obfuscating. |
obfuscatory | serving to obfuscate. |
obnubilate | (Obs.) to darken, cloud over. |
obnubilation | beclouding or obscuring. |
obscuration | the act of obscuring. |
obscure | dark, unclear (verb) to make dark |
obscurely | (Adv.) OBSCURE, dark, unclear. |
obscurement | the act of obscuring. |
obscureness | the state of being obscure. |
obscurer | one who obscures. |
obscurity | the state of being obscure. |
obumbrate | to overshadow. |
obumbration | the act of obumbrating. |
oorie | (Scots) dingy, shabby. |
ourie | (Scots) dingy, shabby. |
overgloom | to cover with gloom. |
overkest | (Spenser) overcast. |
owrie | (Scots) dingy, shabby. |
penumbra | (Lat.) partial shade. |
penumbral | relating to the penumbra. |
penumbrous | relating to penumbra, partial shade. |
pitchiness | blackness, as of pitch. |
semidarkness | a state between dark and light. |
shade | partial or relative darkness (verb) to screen from light or heat |
shader | one who, or that which, shades. |
shadiness | the state of being shady. |
shadow | darkness (verb) to make dark or gloomy |
shadower | one who shadows. |
shadowily | (Adv.) SHADOWY, full of shadows. |
shadowiness | the state of being shadowy. |
shadowlike | like a shadow. |
shadowy | full of shadows. |
somber | (US) sombre (verb) to make sombre |
somberly | (Adv.) SOMBER, sombre. |
somberness | the state of being somber. |
sombre | gloomy, dark (verb) to make sombre |
sombrely | (Adv.) SOMBRE, gloomy, dark. |
sombreness | the state of being sombre. |
sombrous | gloomy; somber. |
stygian | (Greek) of or relating to the river Styx; extremely dark. |
tenebrific | producing darkness; obscuring. |
tenebrious | gloomy, obscure. |
tenebriousness | the state of being tenebrious. |
tenebrity | gloom, darkness. |
tenebrose | gloomy, obscure. |
tenebrosity | darkness. |
tenebrous | gloomy, obscure. |
tenebrousness | the state of being tenebrous. |
twilit | lit by twilight. |
umbra | (Lat.) a shadow. |
umbrageous | shady. |
umbrageously | (Adv.) UMBRAGEOUS, shady. |
umbrageousness | the state of being umbrageous. |
umbral | of or like an umbra, a shadow. |
umbratic | of or pertaining to the shade or darkness. |
umbratical | of or pertaining to the shade or darkness. |
umbratile | shadowy, giving shade; (noun) a person who spends his or her time in the shade or shadows. |
umbratilous | shadowy, giving shade. |
umbriferous | giving or bearing shade. |
umbrose | shade-giving; dusky. |
umbrous | shade-giving; dusky. |
uncloud | to free from clouds. |
uncloudedly | (Adv.) UNCLOUDED. |
unlightsome | (Milton) without light. |