darkness

[ dahrk-nis ]

/ ˈdɑrk nɪs /

the state or quality of being dark: The room was in total darkness.

absence or deficiency of light: the darkness of night.

wickedness or evil: Satan, the prince of darkness.

obscurity; concealment: The darkness of the metaphor destroyed its effectiveness.

lack of knowledge or enlightenment: heathen darkness.

lack of sight; blindness.

Nearby words

before 1050; Middle English derknesse, Old English deorcnysse. See dark, -ness

pre·dark·ness, noun

And then that chorus kicks in, and the young lady formerly known as Lizzy Grant transforms into the princess of darkness.
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The city of Stanleyville—now called Kisangani—was a majestic port city as deep as one can go into the Heart of Darkness.
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But when the darkness closes in, we actually run to fairy tales and fables.
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They pulled up in unmarked cars and on motorcycles, appearing en masse out of the darkness.
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Instead, it would return European civilization back to a period of darkness not witnessed since the Middle Ages.
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It was not an easy business to let any glimmer of spiritual light in upon the darkness of that sordid mind.
Fenton's Quest|M. E. Braddon
For an hour he stood in the darkness and tried to think things out.
Marching Men|Sherwood Anderson
Since King David's time, we all know the power of music to dispel the spirits of darkness.
The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869|Various
Already our man had gone round the gallery and the corridor was all in darkness.
The Hound of the Baskervilles|A. Conan Doyle
A figure, seen indistinctly in the darkness, stood before her.
From Canal Boy to President|Horatio Alger, Jr.