MEANING
1. Having no visible boundary where land or sea meets sky; figuratively, seeming endless or offering no hope.
2. Seeming endless, or offering no visible limit, direction, or hope of relief.
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Describe an expanse without a visible edge or a future without apparent limits.Describe immense visual space or an interval of waiting that seems to have no limit.
Words that belong together
- horizonless desert
- horizonless ocean
- horizonless expanse
- horizonless waiting
- horizonless dark
- a horizonless future
On the page
The horizonless salt flat erased every landmark by noon.
The sealed station gave their waiting a horizonless quality.
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Usage notes
The literal sense describes a view without a visible horizon; figurative use can suggest endlessness or a future without relief. Sense 2: The figurative sense is strongly literary and can suggest either vastness or hopeless enclosure.
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