darksome

English

Etymology

From dark +‎ -some.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːksəm/

Adjective

darksome (comparative more darksome, superlative most darksome)

1. (poetic) Characterised by darkness; gloomy; obscure
   • Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Love

     That sometimes from the savage den,
     And sometimes from the darksome shade,
     And sometimes staring up at once
     In green and sunny glade.

   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1st edition, chapter XII, pages 221-222

     […] to cross the silent hall, to ascend the darksome staircase, to seek my own lonely little room, […]

   Synonyms: shaded, cheerless