different between sunless vs misty

sunless

English

Etymology

sun +? -less

Adjective

sunless (comparative more sunless, superlative most sunless)

  1. Without the sun or sunshine; shaded; shadowed.
  2. (figuratively) Dreary, cheerless.
    • 1857, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 18, in The Professor:
      When I first saw her, her countenance was sunless, her complexion colourless; she looked like one who had no source of enjoyment, no store of bliss anywhere in the world.

Derived terms

  • sunlessly
  • sunlessness

Translations

Anagrams

  • unlesss

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misty

English

Etymology

From Middle English misty, mysty, misti, from Old English misti? (misty, dark), equivalent to mist +? -y. Cognate with Scots misty, mistie (misty), Dutch mistig (misty, foggy), Middle Low German mistich (foggy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?m?sti/
  • Rhymes: -?sti

Adjective

misty (comparative mistier, superlative mistiest)

  1. Covered in mist; foggy.
  2. (figuratively) Dim; vague; obscure.
  3. (figuratively) With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed.

Derived terms

  • misty-eyed

Related terms

  • mistify

Translations

Anagrams

  • stimy

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

misty

  1. Alternative form of mysty (misty)

Etymology 2

Adjective

misty

  1. Alternative form of mysty (figurative)

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