Literary or poetic term for deep gloom or darkness. Rarely used in everyday speech; more common words are 暗闇 (くらやみ) or 闇 (やみ).
In the gloomy forest, not a single ray of light penetrated.
Literary kanji spelling for gloom or darkness. Rare in modern writing.
Variant kanji spelling using 闇 (darkness). Even rarer than 冥暗.
Compound of 冥 (めい, dark, gloomy) and 暗 (あん, darkness). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with deep gloom.