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sun·less
(sŭn′lĭs)adj.
1. Being without sunlight; dark or overcast: a sunless moor.
2. Gloomy; cheerless: a sunless life.
sun′less·ness n.
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sunless
(ˈsʌnlɪs)adj
1. (Physical Geography) without sun or sunshine
2. gloomy; depressing
ˈsunlessly adv
ˈsunlessness n
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sun•less
(ˈsʌn lɪs)adj.
1. lacking sun or sunlight; dark.
2. dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
[1580–90]
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| Adj. | 1. | sunless - filled or abounding with clouds cloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies" |
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sunless
adjective cloudy, grey, gloomy, hazy, overcast, dark The day dawned sunless and with a low cloud base.
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غَيْر مُشْمِس
bez slunce
mørk
napfénytelen
sólarlaus
bez slnka
güneş almayangüneşsiz
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sun
(san) noun1. the round body in the sky that gives light and heat to the earth. The Sun is nearly 150 million kilometres away from the Earth.
2. any of the fixed stars. Do other suns have planets revolving round them?
3. light and heat from the sun; sunshine. We sat in the sun; In Britain they don't get enough sun; The sun has faded the curtains.
verb – past tense, past participle sunned – to expose (oneself) to the sun's rays. He's sunning himself in the garden.
ˈsunless adjective without sun, or lacking sunlight. a sunless room.
ˈsunny adjective1. filled with sunshine. sunny weather.
2. cheerful and happy. The child has a sunny nature.
ˈsunniness nounˈsunbathe verb
to lie or sit in the sun, especially wearing few clothes, in order to get a suntan.
ˈsunbeam noun a ray of the sun.
ˈsunburn noun the brown or red colour of the skin caused by exposure to the sun's rays.
ˈsunburned, ˈsunburnt adjectivesunburnt faces.
ˈsundial noun a device, usually in a garden, for telling time from the shadow of a rod or plate on its surface cast by the sun.
ˈsundown noun (especially American) sunset.
ˈsunflower noun a type of large yellow flower with petals like rays of the sun, from whose seeds we get oil.
ˈsunglasses noun plural glasses of dark-coloured glass or plastic to protect the eyes in bright sunlight.
ˈsunlight noun the light of the sun. The cat was sitting in a patch of sunlight.
ˈsunlit adjective lighted up by the sun. a sunlit room.
ˈsunrise noun the rising of the sun in the morning, or the time of this.
ˈsunset noun the setting of the sun, or the time of this. the red glow of the sunset.
ˈsunshade noun a type of umbrella for sheltering a person from the sun; a parasol.
ˈsunshine noun1. the light of the sun. The children were playing in the sunshine.
2. cheerfulness or happiness.
ˈsunstroke noun a serious illness caused by being in very hot sunshine for too long.
ˈsuntan noun a brown colour of the skin caused by exposure to the sun. I'm trying to get a suntan.
catch the sun to become sunburnt.
under the sun in the whole world. I'm sure that he must have visited every country under the sun.
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