sunlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈsʌnləs/, U.S.

/ˈsənləs/

Forms: see sun n.¹ and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sun n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < sun n.¹ + -less suffix. Compare Dutch zonloos, zonneloos, German sonnenlos.

a. Receiving no sunlight; not illuminated or warmed by the sun.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > without light of specific heavenly body > not penetrated or reached by sunlight

sunless1589

unsunned1607

un-Titaned1635

un-sun-seen1654

unsunny1859

1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks i. 6 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks Vnlesse thou wilt cut or plash away with bill The shadie boughs of sunlesse soile.

1637 J. Day New Spring Divine Poetrie 33 Thy shadow's gone, And thou (poore sunne-lesse thou) art left alone.

1727 J. Thomson Summer 33 On the Sunless Side Of a romantic Mountain, Forrest-crown'd.

1820 W. Wordsworth Faery Chasm in River Duddon 3 A sky-blue stone, within this sunless cleft.

1842 T. B. Macaulay Armada 42 The rugged miners poured to war from Mendip's sunless caves.

1918 Ross's Monthly Sept. 6/1 It was a joy to escape from the eternal murk of the sunless cell..and so, with a heart almost glad, I one morning found myself lined up for labor out on the prison farm.

2000 W. Self How Dead Live (2001) xiv. 315 The London I traversed was a Dickensian city of snaking alleys and sunless courtyards, where the corroded bricks oozed pigeon droppings.

b. Without any sunshine; not sunny; dark, overcast, gloomy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > without light of specific heavenly body

starlessa1393

moonless?a1513

sunless1596

unspangled1629

sphereless1880

1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. Ep. Ded. sig. A3^v Then the heauen being as he speaketh..cleare and cloudlesse: but the Skie ouer vs.., lowring and Sunlesse.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 275 Three starless Nights the doubtful Navy strays Without Distinction, and three Sunless Days.

1788 W. Cowper Let. 19 Mar. (1982) III. 128 Sunless skies and freezing blasts.

1876 R. Bridges Growth of Love lxvii A sunless and half-hearted summer.

1924 R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin ii. 32 Panthers' eyes..Flashed their pale sulphur on the sunless air.

2013 Cornishman (Nexis) 9 May 17 There were three sunless days.

c. Having no sun; lacking a sun.

ΚΠ

a1778 A. M. Toplady Course of Prayer (1796) 110 Abstracted from the converting and cherishing operations of the Holy Ghost, the best means of grace would infallibly leave us (as a sunless atmosphere would leave the earth) no less cold and unanimated, than they found us.

1858 B. Maitland in Serm. for Sundays (Soc. for promoting Christian Knowledge) II. xxxvi. 496 A sunless universe would not be more cheerless than a godless soul.

1909 G. K. Chesterton Tremendous Trifles 302 There were no sounds of steps or voices in the street; I might have strayed into some new and sunless world.

2000 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 21 Feb. a4 Some life, such as bacteria that live near thermal vents.., might survive for billions of years in the Earth's frigid spin through a sunless space.

†2. poetic. Of the stars: shining when the sun is down. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vi. ix. 67 The Sunne lesse starres, these lights the Sunne distain.

3. figurative. Lacking cheer, affection, or warmth; miserable, joyless.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]

ungladc888

wearyc888

drearyc1000

dreary-moodOE

heavyc1000

unmerryOE

droopy?c1225

mournc1275

sada1300

languishinga1325

amayedc1330

matec1330

unlightc1330

unblissful1340

lowa1382

mishappyc1390

dullc1393

elengely1393

droopinga1400

heavy-hearteda1400

joylessa1400

sytefula1400

mornifc1400

tristy?c1400

lightless?1406

heartlessa1413

tristc1420

amatec1425

languoring?c1425

mirthlessc1430

heavisome1435

darkc1440

gloomingc1440

comfortlessc1460

amateda1470

chermatc1475

tristfula1492

lustless?1507

dolorous1513

ruthful1513

downcast1521

deject1528

heartsicka1529

lumpisha1535

coolc1540

dowlyc1540

glum1547

discouraged1548

uncheerfulc1555

dumpish1560

out of heart1565

sadded1566

amoped1573

tristive1578

desolated1580

dejected1581

à la mort1586

delightless1589

afflicted1590

gladless1590

groanful1590

gloomya1593

muddy1592

sitheful1592

cloudy1594

leaden-hearted1596

disconsolated1598

clum1599

life-weary1599

spiritless1600

dusky1602

chop-fallen1604

flat1604

disanimated1605

jaw-fallen1605

moped1606

chap-fallen1608

decheerful1608

uncheerful1612

lacklustrea1616

pulled1616

dumpya1618

depressed1621

head-hung1632

grum1640

downa1644

dispirited1647

down-at-mouth1649

down in (rarely of) the mouth1649

unhearted1650

sunlessa1658

sadful1658

unlightened1659

chagrin1665

saddened1665

damp1667

moping1674

desponding1688

tristitious1694

unenjoying1697

unraised1697

unheartya1699

unked1698

despondent1699

dismal1705

unjoyful1709

unrejoiced1714

dreara1717

disheartened1720

mumpish1721

unrejoicing1726

downhearted1742

out of spirits1745

chagrineda1754

low-spirited1753

sombrea1767

black-blooded1771

glumpy1780

oorie1787

sombrous1789

morose1791

Novemberish1793

glumpish1800

mopeful1800

die-away1802

blue-devilish1804

blue-devilled1807

malagrugrous1818

down in the hip1826

yonderly1828

sunshineless1831

downfaced1832

broody1851

in a (or the) trough1856

blue-devilly1871

drooped1873

glummy1884

pippy1886

humpy1889

pipped1914

lousy1933

pissed1943

crappy1956

doomy1961

bummed1970

a1658 J. Reeve Hymnes & Spiritual Songs (1682) 64 My sin in vale of death, me clouds, I mourning, (Sun-less) go.

1756 R. Lewis Robin-Hood Soc. 93 Religion shortens Sorrow's Thorny Road, Dispels the Gloom which darks our sunless Days, Plucks from the Heart the Arrow of Despair.

1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas I. 37 Ofttimes we sorrowed from a sunless soul.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 69 I lived for years a stunted sunless life.

1913 F. Bancroft Divided iii. iv. 286 He was at her feet; pleading for the gift of her love, for the gift of that long-stifled, unemotional treasure—her sunless heart.

2003 B. Maryniak in J. W. Brinsfield et al. Faith in Fight 29 The general would then break into the sunless smile that belied his out-and-out humorlessness.

4. Designating cosmetic preparations used to temporarily darken the skin and give it a suntanned appearance; (also) involving or resulting from the use of such cosmetic preparations.Occasionally used with reference to sunbeds.

ΚΠ

1960 Times Record (Troy, N.Y.) 17 June 21/5 (advt.) Tansation makes all existing ‘sunless’ tanning lotions obsolete!

1994 Healthwatch Mag. Summer 34/2 Skin-care companies are..coming to the rescue of consumers with sun-care products and sunless tanners designed to complement cosmeceutical treatment lines.

2005 Real Simple June 146/2 The perfect no-risk choice for self-tanning, this glycerin-enriched lotion darkens skin color ever so slightly day by day. ‘This is a great way to maintain a sunless tan.’

2012 N. G. Jablonski Living Color xiv. 193 Celebrities..combine UVR and sunless tanning and sustain the association of a tanned appearance with prestige and popularity.

Derivatives

ˈsunlessness n. lack of sunlight or sunshine; absence of the sun; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > absence of light of heavenly bodies

sunlessness1828

starlessness1888

1828 Paisley Mag. July 349 In sunlessness and unavailing sorrow these broken-hearted ones died.

1898 G. W. Steevens With Kitchener to Khartum 137 Another twelve hours of sunlessness.

1990 R. Pilcher September xxi. 251 With hindsight Isobel realised that the weeks of dark clouds and sunlessness had done much to contribute to her low spirits.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sunless
释义	sunlessadj. Brit. /ˈsʌnləs/, U.S. /ˈsənləs/ Forms: see sun n.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sun n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < sun n.¹ + -less suffix. Compare Dutch zonloos, zonneloos, German sonnenlos. 1. a. Receiving no sunlight; not illuminated or warmed by the sun. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > without light of specific heavenly body > not penetrated or reached by sunlight sunless1589 unsunned1607 un-Titaned1635 un-sun-seen1654 unsunny1859 1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks i. 6 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks Vnlesse thou wilt cut or plash away with bill The shadie boughs of sunlesse soile. 1637 J. Day New Spring Divine Poetrie 33 Thy shadow's gone, And thou (poore sunne-lesse thou) art left alone. 1727 J. Thomson Summer 33 On the Sunless Side Of a romantic Mountain, Forrest-crown'd. 1820 W. Wordsworth Faery Chasm in River Duddon 3 A sky-blue stone, within this sunless cleft. 1842 T. B. Macaulay Armada 42 The rugged miners poured to war from Mendip's sunless caves. 1918 Ross's Monthly Sept. 6/1 It was a joy to escape from the eternal murk of the sunless cell..and so, with a heart almost glad, I one morning found myself lined up for labor out on the prison farm. 2000 W. Self How Dead Live (2001) xiv. 315 The London I traversed was a Dickensian city of snaking alleys and sunless courtyards, where the corroded bricks oozed pigeon droppings. b. Without any sunshine; not sunny; dark, overcast, gloomy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > without light of specific heavenly body starlessa1393 moonless?a1513 sunless1596 unspangled1629 sphereless1880 1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. Ep. Ded. sig. A3^v Then the heauen being as he speaketh..cleare and cloudlesse: but the Skie ouer vs.., lowring and Sunlesse. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 275 Three starless Nights the doubtful Navy strays Without Distinction, and three Sunless Days. 1788 W. Cowper Let. 19 Mar. (1982) III. 128 Sunless skies and freezing blasts. 1876 R. Bridges Growth of Love lxvii A sunless and half-hearted summer. 1924 R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin ii. 32 Panthers' eyes..Flashed their pale sulphur on the sunless air. 2013 Cornishman (Nexis) 9 May 17 There were three sunless days. c. Having no sun; lacking a sun. ΚΠ a1778 A. M. Toplady Course of Prayer (1796) 110 Abstracted from the converting and cherishing operations of the Holy Ghost, the best means of grace would infallibly leave us (as a sunless atmosphere would leave the earth) no less cold and unanimated, than they found us. 1858 B. Maitland in Serm. for Sundays (Soc. for promoting Christian Knowledge) II. xxxvi. 496 A sunless universe would not be more cheerless than a godless soul. 1909 G. K. Chesterton Tremendous Trifles 302 There were no sounds of steps or voices in the street; I might have strayed into some new and sunless world. 2000 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 21 Feb. a4 Some life, such as bacteria that live near thermal vents.., might survive for billions of years in the Earth's frigid spin through a sunless space. †2. poetic. Of the stars: shining when the sun is down. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vi. ix. 67 The Sunne lesse starres, these lights the Sunne distain. 3. figurative. Lacking cheer, affection, or warmth; miserable, joyless. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] ungladc888 wearyc888 drearyc1000 dreary-moodOE heavyc1000 unmerryOE droopy?c1225 mournc1275 sada1300 languishinga1325 amayedc1330 matec1330 unlightc1330 unblissful1340 lowa1382 mishappyc1390 dullc1393 elengely1393 droopinga1400 heavy-hearteda1400 joylessa1400 sytefula1400 mornifc1400 tristy?c1400 lightless?1406 heartlessa1413 tristc1420 amatec1425 languoring?c1425 mirthlessc1430 heavisome1435 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 comfortlessc1460 amateda1470 chermatc1475 tristfula1492 lustless?1507 dolorous1513 ruthful1513 downcast1521 deject1528 heartsicka1529 lumpisha1535 coolc1540 dowlyc1540 glum1547 discouraged1548 uncheerfulc1555 dumpish1560 out of heart1565 sadded1566 amoped1573 tristive1578 desolated1580 dejected1581 à la mort1586 delightless1589 afflicted1590 gladless1590 groanful1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 sitheful1592 cloudy1594 leaden-hearted1596 disconsolated1598 clum1599 life-weary1599 spiritless1600 dusky1602 chop-fallen1604 flat1604 disanimated1605 jaw-fallen1605 moped1606 chap-fallen1608 decheerful1608 uncheerful1612 lacklustrea1616 pulled1616 dumpya1618 depressed1621 head-hung1632 grum1640 downa1644 dispirited1647 down-at-mouth1649 down in (rarely of) the mouth1649 unhearted1650 sunlessa1658 sadful1658 unlightened1659 chagrin1665 saddened1665 damp1667 moping1674 desponding1688 tristitious1694 unenjoying1697 unraised1697 unheartya1699 unked1698 despondent1699 dismal1705 unjoyful1709 unrejoiced1714 dreara1717 disheartened1720 mumpish1721 unrejoicing1726 downhearted1742 out of spirits1745 chagrineda1754 low-spirited1753 sombrea1767 black-blooded1771 glumpy1780 oorie1787 sombrous1789 morose1791 Novemberish1793 glumpish1800 mopeful1800 die-away1802 blue-devilish1804 blue-devilled1807 malagrugrous1818 down in the hip1826 yonderly1828 sunshineless1831 downfaced1832 broody1851 in a (or the) trough1856 blue-devilly1871 drooped1873 glummy1884 pippy1886 humpy1889 pipped1914 lousy1933 pissed1943 crappy1956 doomy1961 bummed1970 a1658 J. Reeve Hymnes & Spiritual Songs (1682) 64 My sin in vale of death, me clouds, I mourning, (Sun-less) go. 1756 R. Lewis Robin-Hood Soc. 93 Religion shortens Sorrow's Thorny Road, Dispels the Gloom which darks our sunless Days, Plucks from the Heart the Arrow of Despair. 1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas I. 37 Ofttimes we sorrowed from a sunless soul. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 69 I lived for years a stunted sunless life. 1913 F. Bancroft Divided iii. iv. 286 He was at her feet; pleading for the gift of her love, for the gift of that long-stifled, unemotional treasure—her sunless heart. 2003 B. Maryniak in J. W. Brinsfield et al. Faith in Fight 29 The general would then break into the sunless smile that belied his out-and-out humorlessness. 4. Designating cosmetic preparations used to temporarily darken the skin and give it a suntanned appearance; (also) involving or resulting from the use of such cosmetic preparations.Occasionally used with reference to sunbeds. ΚΠ 1960 Times Record (Troy, N.Y.) 17 June 21/5 (advt.) Tansation makes all existing ‘sunless’ tanning lotions obsolete! 1994 Healthwatch Mag. Summer 34/2 Skin-care companies are..coming to the rescue of consumers with sun-care products and sunless tanners designed to complement cosmeceutical treatment lines. 2005 Real Simple June 146/2 The perfect no-risk choice for self-tanning, this glycerin-enriched lotion darkens skin color ever so slightly day by day. ‘This is a great way to maintain a sunless tan.’ 2012 N. G. Jablonski Living Color xiv. 193 Celebrities..combine UVR and sunless tanning and sustain the association of a tanned appearance with prestige and popularity. Derivatives ˈsunlessness n. lack of sunlight or sunshine; absence of the sun; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > absence of light of heavenly bodies sunlessness1828 starlessness1888 1828 Paisley Mag. July 349 In sunlessness and unavailing sorrow these broken-hearted ones died. 1898 G. W. Steevens With Kitchener to Khartum 137 Another twelve hours of sunlessness. 1990 R. Pilcher September xxi. 251 With hindsight Isobel realised that the weeks of dark clouds and sunlessness had done much to contribute to her low spirits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1589
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