starless

starless adjective: without visible stars.

Adjective

starless (not comparable)

விண்மீன் அற்ற

Overhead it was a deep Indian red and starless, and south-eastward it grew brighter to a glowing scarlet where, cut by the horizon, lay the huge hull of the sun, red and motionless.1895 May 29, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter 11, in The Time Machine: An Invention, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC:
A searchlight wounded the starless dark.1931, Sinclair Lewis, “Ring Around a Rosy”, in I'm a Stranger Here Myself and Other Stories, Dell, published 1962, page 160:
A hotel's enormous neon name challenged the starless sky.1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, Dell, published 1985, Book One, Chapter 1, p. 10:
It can empty itself of surface, and more like the ocean than the ocean itself, go deep, starless.1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, New York: Vintage, published 2004, page 35:

From Middle English sterreles, equivalent to star + -less. Piecewise doublet of asterless.

What does starless mean?: Starless means without visible stars.
What is starless in Tamil?: Starless in Tamil is விண்மீன் அற்ற. See Starless meaning in Tamil.
How do you use starless in a sentence?: Overhead it was a deep Indian red and starless, and south-eastward it grew brighter to a glowing scarlet where, cut by the horizon, lay the huge hull of the sun, red and motionless.
What part of speech is starless?: Starless is an adjective.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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