DARKLINGS Synonyms

• of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

• made dim or less bright

• lacking in light; not bright or harsh

• lacking clarity or distinctness

• offering little or no hope

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

• become dim or lusterless

• make dim or lusterless

• make dim by comparison or conceal

• become vague or indistinct

• lighted by or as if by twilight

• naturally having skin of a dark color

• a very dark black

• hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys

• tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork

• of a very dark black

• a state of partial or total darkness

• a feeling of melancholy apprehension

• an atmosphere of depression and melancholy

• depressingly dark

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

• of the color of black ink

• (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

• dark or gloomy

• not clearly expressed or understood

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• difficult to find

• not famous or acclaimed

• not drawing attention

• remote and separate physically or socially

• make less visible or unclear

• make unclear, indistinct, or blurred

• make unintelligible or unclear

• reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• extremely dark

• an artist's brush made of sable hairs

• the expensive dark brown fur of the marten

• a very dark black

• a scarf (or trimming) made of sable

• marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur

• of a dark somewhat brownish black

• filled with shade

• lacking clarity or distinctness

• lacking in substance

• lacking brightness or color; dull

• grave or even gloomy in character

• naturally having skin of a dark color

• dark and gloomy

• not set afire or burning

• without illumination