darkish
The word “darkish” has 2 syllables: dark-ish
It's pronounced as /ˈdɑːrkɪʃ/
What is synonym and antonym for darkish?
In the thesaurus, “darkish” has 83 synonyms and 53 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for darkish along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for darkish
- adusk
- beclouded
- bedimmed
- befogged
- bistered
- black
- broken-down
- brown
- brunet
- caliginous
- clouded
- cloudy
- colorless
- crepuscular
- dark
- dark-hued
- dark-skinned
- darkened
- darkling
- darksome
- dilapidated
- dim
- dimmed
- dirty
- discolored
- drab
- dreary
- dull
- dulled
- dusk
- dusky
- faded
- foggy
- fuliginous
- gloomy
- gray
- grey
- grimy
- lackluster
- leaden
- lightless
- misty
- moonless
- muddy
- murky
- obscure
- obscured
- overcast
- pale
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- pitchy
- rayless
- run down
- sable
- seedy
- shabby
- shadowlike
- shadowy
- shady
- smirched
- smoggy
- smoky
- somber
- sombre
- soupy
- starless
- stygian
- sullied
- sunless
- swart
- tan
- tarnished
- tawny
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- threadbare
- tired
- twilight
- twilit
- unilluminated
- unlit
- veiled
Antonyms for darkish
- ablaze
- agleam
- aglitter
- alight
- beaming
- beamy
- blonde
- bright
- brightened
- brilliant
- clean
- clear
- effulgent
- fair
- floodlighted
- floodlit
- glaring
- glossy
- glowing
- highlighted
- illuminated
- illumined
- immaculate
- incandescent
- lambent
- light
- lighted
- lightsome
- lit
- lucent
- lucid
- luminous
- lustrous
- moonlit
- moony
- neat
- nice
- pale
- pure
- radiant
- relucent
- resplendent
- shining
- shiny
- sparkling
- spotless
- spotlighted
- spotlit
- starlit
- sterile
- sunlit
- ultrabright
- vivid
Example Sentences
- The room had a darkish hue due to the heavy curtains.
- She preferred a darkish shade of blue for the walls in her bedroom.
- The sky had a darkish tint just before the storm.
- His hair was a darkish brown, almost black.
- The painting had a darkish undertone, reflecting the artist's somber mood.
On this page you'll find 136 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to darkish, such as: ablaze, adusk, agleam, aglitter, alight, beaming, beamy.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
unbrilliant
darkling
- beclouded
- befogged
- black
- caliginous
- clouded
- cloudy
- crepuscular
- dark
- darkened
- darkish
- darksome
- dim
- dimmed
- dull
- dulled
- dusk
- dusky
- foggy
- fuliginous
- gloomy
- gray
- grey
- lackluster
- leaden
- lightless
- misty
- moonless
- murky
- obscure
- obscured
- pale
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- pitchy
- rayless
- shadowlike
- shadowy
- shady
- smoggy
- somber
- sombre
- soupy
- starless
- stygian
- sunless
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- twilit
- unlit
obscure
- Delphic
- abstruse
- adumbrate
- ambiguous
- anonymous
- arcane
- baffling
- becloud
- beclouded
- bedim
- bedimmed
- befog
- befogged
- belie
- bewildering
- black
- blacken
- blanket
- blear
- bleary
- blind
- block
- block out
- blot out
- blur
- blurred
- blurry
- bury
- cabalistic
- caliginous
- camouflage
- circuitous
- clear as mud
- cloak
- cloaked
- close
- cloud
- cloud the issue
- clouded
- cloudy
- complex
- complicated
- con
- conceal
- concealed
- confounding
- confuse
- confusing
- cover
- cover up
- covered
- crepuscular
- cryptic
- curtain
- dark
- darken
- darkened
- darkish
- darkling
- darksome
- deep
- dense
- devious
- difficult
- dim
- dimmed
- disguise
- disguised
- dislimn
- distant
- double-edged
- double-talk
- doubtful
- dull
- dulled
- dusk
- dusky
- eclipse
- eerie
- eery
- elliptic
- elliptical
- enigmatic
- enigmatical
- enshroud
- equivocal
- equivocate
- esoteric
- faceless
- faint
- falsify
- far
- far-off
- far-out
- fog
- foggy
- forgotten
- fuliginous
- fuzz
- fuzzy
- gauzy
- gild
- gloom
- gloomy
- gray
- grey
- haze
- hazy
- hidden
- hide
- hieroglyphic
- hieroglyphical
- humble
- illegible
- illogical
- impalpable
- impenetrable
- inaccessible
- inappreciable
- incomprehensible
- inconceivable
- inconspicuous
- incredible
- indecipherable
- indecisive
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- indirect
- indiscernible
- indistinct
- indistinguishable
- inexact
- inexplicable
- inexplicit
- inglorious
- inscrutable
- insignificant
- insoluble
- intangible
- intricate
- invisible
- involved
- irrelevant
- lackluster
- leaden
- lightless
- lonesome
- lowly
- mask
- masked
- minor
- misrepresent
- mist
- misty
- moonless
- muddy
- muddy the waters
- murk
- murky
- mysterious
- mystic
- mystifying
- nameless
- nebulous
- no-name
- noncommittal
- noteless
- obfuscate
- obfuscated
- obfuscatory
- obliterate
- obnubilated
- obscurant
- obscurantic
- obscured
- obstruct
- obtuse
- occlude
- occult
- odd
- opaque
- oracular
- orphic
- overcast
- overcloud
- overshadow
- pale
- paper over
- perplexing
- pettifog
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- pitchy
- puzzling
- questionable
- rare
- rayless
- recondite
- remote
- removed
- reticent
- retired
- roundabout
- screen
- secluded
- secret
- secretive
- seldom seen
- sequestered
- shade
- shaded
- shadow
- shadowlike
- shadowy
- shady
- shroud
- shrouded
- smoggy
- smother
- solitary
- somber
- sombre
- soupy
- sphinxlike
- starless
- stonewall
- stygian
- sunless
- suppress
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- throw up smoke screen
- twilit
- umbrageous
- unaccountable
- unanswerable
- unbelievable
- uncanny
- uncelebrated
- uncertain
- unclear
- undefined
- undetermined
- undisclosed
- undistinguished
- unexceptional
- unfamous
- unfathomable
- unheard-of
- unhonored
- unilluminated
- unimportant
- unintelligible
- unknowable
- unknown
- unlit
- unnewsworthy
- unnoted
- unnoticeable
- unnoticed
- unpopular
- unrecognizable
- unrecognized
- unremarkable
- unremembered
- unseen
- unsung
- vague
- varnish
- veil
- veiled
- weird
- whitewash
- wrap
dark
- Cimmerian
- Delphian
- Delphic
- abstruse
- ambiguous
- anagogic
- analphabetic
- aphotic
- arcane
- artless
- atramentous
- atrocious
- bad
- baffling
- banned
- barred
- base
- beclouded
- bedimmed
- befogged
- benighted
- bewildering
- black
- blackish
- blackness
- blackout
- blamable
- blameworthy
- bleak
- blue
- brainless
- brownout
- brunet
- brunette
- cabalistic
- caliginous
- callow
- candlelight
- censurable
- cheerless
- chill
- cimmerian
- circuitous
- clandestine
- cloaked
- close
- closemouthed
- clouded
- cloudiness
- cloudy
- cold
- colorless
- comfortless
- complex
- complicated
- concealed
- concealment
- condemned
- confounding
- confusing
- contemptible
- corrupt
- covert
- crepuscular
- cruel
- cryptic
- cursed
- curst
- cussed
- damnable
- darkened
- darkening
- darkish
- darkling
- darkness
- darksome
- dead of night
- debased
- debauched
- deep
- defiling
- degenerate
- dejected
- denseness
- depraved
- depressed
- depressing
- depressive
- desolate
- desperate
- despicable
- despondent
- difficult
- dim
- dimmed
- dimness
- dimout
- dingy
- dire
- dirty
- disallowed
- discomfiting
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- discouraging
- discreet
- disguised
- disheartening
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- dismal
- dismaying
- dispiriting
- disreputable
- dissolute
- distressful
- distressing
- doleful
- double-edged
- dour
- down
- drab
- drear
- dreary
- dreich
- droopy
- dull
- dulled
- dullness
- dulness
- dumb
- dun
- dusk
- dusky
- eerie
- eery
- elegiac
- elegiacal
- elliptic
- elliptical
- enigmatic
- enigmatical
- equivocal
- errant
- erring
- esoteric
- evening
- evil
- evil-minded
- execrable
- faint
- faintness
- fallen
- fogginess
- foggy
- foolish
- forbidden
- forbidding
- foreboding
- forlorn
- foul
- frowning
- fuliginous
- functionally illiterate
- funereal
- furtive
- fuzzy
- gloaming
- gloom
- gloominess
- gloomy
- glowering
- glum
- godforsaken
- gray
- grayness
- green
- grey
- grim
- half-light
- hangdog
- haziness
- hazy
- hellish
- hopeless
- horrible
- hugger-mugger
- idiotic
- idiotical
- ignoble
- ignorant
- ill
- ill-lighted
- illegal
- illiterate
- imbecile
- imbecilic
- immoral
- impalpable
- impenetrable
- improper
- inappreciable
- incomprehensible
- inconsolable
- incorrect
- indecent
- indecipherable
- indecorous
- indefinite
- indirect
- indistinct
- indistinguishable
- inexact
- inexperienced
- inexplicable
- inexplicit
- infamous
- infernal
- iniquitous
- inky
- innocent
- innumerate
- inscrutability
- inscrutable
- intangible
- interdicted
- intricate
- invisible
- joyless
- knotty
- lackluster
- lamentable
- leaden
- libertine
- lightless
- lonely
- lonesome
- loose
- louring
- loury
- lousy
- low
- low-minded
- lowbrow
- lowering
- lowery
- lugubrious
- lurid
- masked
- mean
- melancholic
- melancholy
- menacing
- midnight
- mirthless
- miserable
- mistiness
- misty
- moonless
- morbid
- moronic
- morose
- mournful
- muddy
- murk
- murkiness
- murky
- mysterious
- mystic
- mystical
- mystifying
- naive
- nasty
- naughty
- nebulous
- nefarious
- negative
- night
- nightfall
- nighttime
- noncommittal
- nonliterate
- not known
- noxious
- obfuscatory
- obfuscous
- objectionable
- obnubilated
- obscene
- obscurant
- obscurantic
- obscure
- obscured
- obscurity
- obtuse
- occult
- offensive
- ominous
- opaque
- oppressive
- outlawed
- overcast
- pale
- paleness
- pernicious
- perplexing
- perverted
- pessimistic
- pestilential
- philistine
- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- pitchy
- plaintive
- plutonian
- prohibited
- proscribed
- prudent
- puzzling
- questionable
- quiet
- raw
- rayless
- recondite
- reprehensible
- reprobate
- reserved
- reticent
- rotten
- roundabout
- rude
- sad
- saturnine
- scowling
- scrofulous
- seclusion
- secrecy
- secret
- secretive
- semidarkness
- semiliterate
- senseless
- sepulchral
- shade
- shaded
- shadiness
- shadowlike
- shadows
- shadowy
- shady
- shrouded
- sick
- silent
- silly
- simple
- sinful
- sinister
- smoggy
- sneak
- sneaky
- snide
- solemn
- somber
- somberness
- sombre
- sooty
- sordid
- sorrowful
- soupy
- sphinxlike
- starless
- stealthy
- stupid
- stygian
- sulky
- sullen
- sunless
- surreptitious
- swart
- swarthy
- taciturn
- tenebrific
- tenebrous
- thickness
- threatening
- tight-lipped
- tight-mouthed
- twilight
- twilit
- ugly
- umbra
- umbrage
- unanswerable
- unauthorized
- unbecoming
- uncanny
- uncertain
- unclean
- unclear
- uncommunicative
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- undefined
- undercover
- underhand
- underhanded
- undetermined
- uneducated
- unenlightened
- unethical
- unfathomable
- ungodly
- unhappy
- unhealthy
- uninstructed
- unknowable
- unknowledgeable
- unlawful
- unlearned
- unlettered
- unlighted
- unlit
- unprincipled
- unpropitious
- unread
- unrighteous
- unsavory
- unschooled
- unscrupulous
- unseemly
- unskilled
- unsophisticated
- untaught
- untrained
- untutored
- unwholesome
- upsetting
- vague
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- vulgar
- weird
- wicked
- witching hour
- witless
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
- wrong