Read full poem →A light to lighten as from living eyes
The cold unlit close lids of one that lies
Dead, or a ray returned from death's far skies
Dictionary Entry
Not illuminated; not having lights on.
In a Sentence
“The house was unlit, suggesting everyone had gone to bed for the night.”
Origin
From Old English 'lēoht' (light) and the prefix 'un-'.
Common Phrases
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “unlit”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Let each day pass, well ordered in its usefulness,
Unlit by sunshine, unscarred by storm;
Dower me with strength and curb all foolish eagerness --
Read full poem →No longer radiant, an ignoble heap
Of broken, dusty glass. And so, unlit,
Even by hope or faith, my dragging steps
Read full poem →Of that presumptuous Sea,
Unlit by sun or moon, yet inly bright
With lights innumerable that give no light,
Read full poem →His head rolled under his cape like a tortoise's;
He took an unlit pipe out of his mouth
Politely ere I wished him "A Happy New Year,"
Read full poem →As the dawn glowing
The stars that left unlit
The land and water,
Read full poem →Now, for a god-speed, one last mad embrace;
The long road then, unlit by your faint smile.
Ah! the long road! and you so far away!
Read full poem →Bestows one final patronising kiss,
And gropes his way, finding the stairs unlit . . .