unsunned
Kept from light
Unsunned means not exposed to sunlight.
The word appears in literary or poetic contexts to describe things kept in darkness or shade: unsunned corners of the garden, unsunned depths of the forest.
It can suggest pallor or lack of vitality that sunlight might bring.
Made invisible deliberately
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- veiledConcealed or obscured
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
- shroudedCovered and hidden
cloaked · unexposed · underground · subterranean · cellar · basement · cavern · indoor
Darkness from blocked light
- shadowLight blocked by object
- umbraComplete shadow region
- penumbraRegion of partial illumination
- darknessTotal absence of light
dim · twilight · dusk · overcast · gloomy · murky · canopied · sheltered
Unhealthily lacking color
- wanPale and unwell-looking
- blanchedMade white by heat
- bleachedHad color removed
- fadedLost original color
colorless · whitened · ashen · sallow · chalky · ghostly · pastel · washed-out
No longer recalled
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- disregardedNot given consideration
- unattendedLacking supervision or care
untended · abandoned · forsaken · uncared-for · unvisited · unloved · unwanted · unnoticed
Seeking isolation from others
- cloisteredSheltered from outside contact
- sequesteredRemoved from contact
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- shelteredKept safe from harm
hermitic · shut-in · housebound · homebound · isolated · confined · indoors · retiring
concealed
Made invisible deliberately
shrouded · cloaked · unexposed · underground · subterranean · cellar · basement · cavern · indoor · enclosed
shade
Darkness from blocked light
darkness · dim · twilight · dusk · overcast · gloomy · murky · canopied · sheltered · shady
pallid
Unhealthily lacking color
faded · colorless · whitened · ashen · sallow · chalky · ghostly · pastel · washed-out · etiolated
forgotten
No longer recalled
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- disregardedNot given consideration
unattended · untended · abandoned · forsaken · uncared-for · unvisited · unloved · unwanted · unnoticed · left-behind
reclusive
Seeking isolation from others
- cloisteredSheltered from outside contact
- sequesteredRemoved from contact
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
sheltered · hermitic · shut-in · housebound · homebound · isolated · confined · indoors · retiring · solitary
unsunnedsunned
Exposed oneself to daylight
sun-drenched · sun-kissed · sun-warmed · sunbathed · sun-baked
sun, sunny, sunshine, sunburn, sunburned, sunless, sundae, sunning, sunlit