4
umbral(adjective, obscure, vague, hazy)
4
unlighted(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, dim)
4
vaporous
4
weak(adjective, dull, soft, gentle, dark)
4
wispy
3
ambiguous(adjective, weak, obscure, rough, dark)
3
apparitional(adjective, heavenly, unreal, ghastly, spooky)
3
atramentous(adjective, dull, obscure, dark, gloomy)
3
baleful(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
bosky(adjective, cool, dark, shady, dusky)
3
caliginous(adjective, dull, dark, gloomy, dim)
3
darkness(noun, darkness)
3
darksome(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
dense
3
dimmed
3
dour(adjective, sorrow, depress, sadness, emotion)
3
dumb
3
dun(adjective, dull, soft, obscure, flat)
3
fleeting
3
foul(dark, gloomy, misty)
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