sunless

Questions about sunless

What does sunless mean?

sunless means "filled or abounding with clouds".

How many syllables are in sunless?

sunless has 2 syllables and divides as sun-less under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sunless?

Close synonyms include cloud-covered, clouded, overcast. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sunless a common word?

sunless is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.