sunlessness
Lack of light
Sunlessness is the state or quality of being without sun—whether literally, as in a room that receives no direct sunlight, or describing weather that remains overcast: the perpetual sunlessness of a Seattle winter.
The word can extend to emotional or atmospheric gloom: a sunlessness of spirit.
Pervasive dimness or dejection
- dimnessInsufficient illumination
- murkThick atmospheric darkness
- obscurityState of being unknown
- lightlessnessComplete absence of brightness
blackness · pitch-dark · inkiness · shade · shadow · overcast · cloudiness · grayness
Year's coldest quarter
- overcastSky fully veiled
- polar nightExtended winter darkness beyond Arctic
- arcticOf extreme northern cold
- solsticeDay of maximum tilt
short days · gray skies · cloud cover · fog · mist · rainy season · monsoon · subarctic
Celestial body blocks another
- umbraComplete shadow region
- penumbraRegion of partial illumination
- totalityComplete aggregate amount
- occultationCelestial body blocking another
solar eclipse · lunar eclipse · transit · corona · syzygy · path of totality · annular · partial
Subdued, lasting sadness
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
- drearinessState of dispiriting dullness
- depressionProlonged low state
despair · hopelessness · desolation · somber · dismal · dreary · forlorn · mournful
Non-solar brightness source
- fluorescentEmitting light when energized
- basementSubterranean building level
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
cave · cellar · windowless · shuttered · enclosed · subterranean · tunnel · mine
gloom
Pervasive dimness or dejection
lightlessness · blackness · pitch-dark · inkiness · shade · shadow · overcast · cloudiness · grayness · dullness
winter
Year's coldest quarter
- overcastSky fully veiled
- polar nightExtended winter darkness beyond Arctic
- arcticOf extreme northern cold
solstice · short days · gray skies · cloud cover · fog · mist · rainy season · monsoon · subarctic · hibernation
eclipse
Celestial body blocks another
occultation · solar eclipse · lunar eclipse · transit · corona · syzygy · path of totality · annular · partial · celestial
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
- drearinessState of dispiriting dullness
depression · despair · hopelessness · desolation · somber · dismal · dreary · forlorn · mournful · joylessness
artificial light
Non-solar brightness source
- fluorescentEmitting light when energized
- basementSubterranean building level
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
bunker · cave · cellar · windowless · shuttered · enclosed · subterranean · tunnel · mine · subway
sunlessnessradiance
Glowing luminous quality
brilliance · brightness · luminosity · light · luminance
sunlessnesswarmth
Heat you feel
cheerfulness · brightness · golden light · fair weather · clear skies
sunny, sunset, sunrise, sunlight, sunshine, sundown, sunburn, sunless, sunglasses