TENEBROUS Synonyms

• full of or covered with clouds

• lacking definite form or limits

• (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

• devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black

• (used of color) having a dark hue

• absence of light or illumination

• absence of moral or spiritual values

• an unilluminated area

• the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

• an unenlightened state

• brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)

• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

• secret

• showing a brooding ill humor

• lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

• marked by difficulty of style or expression

• causing dejection

• not giving performances; closed

• 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

• lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

• causing dejection

• lighted by or as if by twilight

• naturally having skin of a dark color

• depressingly dark

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

• harshly ironic or sinister

• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

• filled or abounding with fog or mist

• indistinct or hazy in outline

• (of liquids) clouded as with sediment

• dark or gloomy

• of or relating to or resembling a nebula

• lacking definite form or limits

• lacking definition or definite content

• 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

• not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight

• hard or impossible to understand

• the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds

• gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover

• a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling

• a cast that falls beyond the intended spot

• filled or abounding with clouds

• make overcast or cloudy

• sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches

• sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next

• abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

• (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

• lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness

• filled with shade

• lacking clarity or distinctness

• lacking in substance

• lacking brightness or color; dull

• grave or even gloomy in character

• showing a brooding ill humor

• darkened by clouds

• dark and gloomy

• dark and gloomy