Synonyms of darkling

darkling

adjective

as in darkened

being without light or without much light

the darkling valleys of Transylvania, where tales of vampires have long existed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• darkened
• dark
• murky
• black
• dusky
• darksome
• lightless
• dusk
• dim
• sombre
• obscured
• unlit
• gloomy
• darkish
• somber
• obscure
• dimmed
• tenebrous
• stygian
• pitch-dark
• pitch-black
• pitchy
• rayless
• caliginous
• twilit
• crepuscular
• moonless
• tenebrific
• grey
• starless
• shadowy
• misty
• gray
• pale
• dulled
• shady
• clouded
• lackluster
• cloudy
• fuliginous
• foggy
• dull
• sunless
• leaden
• smoggy
• shadowlike
• soupy
• befogged
• beclouded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• light
• luminous
• lighted
• brilliant
• illuminated
• bright
• lucent
• illumined
• shining
• lit
• lucid
• radiant
• lambent
• lightsome
• sparkling
• incandescent
• effulgent
• glaring
• brightened
• resplendent
• alight
• glowing
• beamy
• beaming
• shiny
• lustrous
• glossy
• aglitter
• agleam
• moonlit
• moony
• sunlit
• spotlit
• relucent
• ablaze
• starlit
• ultrabright
• highlighted
• spotlighted
• floodlit
• floodlighted

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of darkling

Its 19th-century spire lit up like a matchstick against the darkling sky, its tip cracking and plunging through the ceiling. —Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024