darkness

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The state of being dark

   The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.

   • The darkness of the room made it difficult to see.
   • Over everything was darkness and thick silence, and the smell of dust and sunflowers.
2. 2

   The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish…

   The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.

   • The darkness of her skin betrayed her Mediterranean heritage.
3. 3

   Any space that such colour pervades.

   • Out of the darkness came some flickers of light.
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   1. 4

      Gloom

      Gloom; gloominess; depression.

   2. 5

      The product of being dark.

   3. 6

      Lack of understanding or compassion

      Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.

      • And now, the prophecy. One will come, the voice from the outer world, bringing the holy war, the jihad, which will cleanse the universe and bring us out of darkness.
   4. 7

      Secrecy

      Secrecy; concealment.

   5. 8

      Lack of knowledge

      Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.

      • It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness.
   6. 9

      Nothingness, vanity, emptiness.

      • My own dim life should teach me this, ⁠That life shall live for evermore, ⁠Else earth is darkness at the core, And dust and ashes all that is; […]
   7. 10

      Hell.

The neighborhood

• synonymdark
• antonymlightness
• antonymlight
• neighborblackness