darkness
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.
Origin of darkness
1Other words from darkness
- pre·dark·ness, noun
Words Nearby darkness
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How to use darkness in a sentence
The Darth Vader density distribution is so highly packed on the four- or five-level of darkness, but it doesn’t mean that he can’t every now and then have these moments where things slip through, and he saves his son’s life, who he cares about.
Are You Yoda or Darth Vader? - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Brian Gallagher | August 26, 2020 | NautilusThe shadows resemble the lines of darkness, known as crepuscular rays, that you’ll often see around clouds lit from behind by the sun.
These Images Expose the Dark Side of the Solar System - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Corey S. Powell | August 26, 2020 | NautilusFailing to pass another round could mean “we’re going back into the economic darkness, we’re going back into recession,” he declares.
It’s an old saying that you can’t have light without darkness, and for the universe it’s also very much true that you can’t have darkness without light.
The Universe Has Made Almost All the Stars It Will Ever Make - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Caleb Scharf | August 19, 2020 | NautilusYou take your seat just in time and wait for the darkness to swallow you up.
And then that chorus kicks in, and the young lady formerly known as Lizzy Grant transforms into the princess of darkness.
The 14 Best Songs of 2014: Bobby Shmurda, Future Islands, Drake, and More | Marlow Stern | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Light trumps darkness, hope beats despair, grace wins over sin, love defeats hate, life conquers death,” the cardinal said.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops | Michael Daly | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe city of Stanleyville—now called Kisangani—was a majestic port city as deep as one can go into the Heart of darkness.
But when the darkness closes in, we actually run to fairy tales and fables.
He was kept in total darkness, kept cold, had music blasted at him and was shackled and hooded.
A few, very few, little dots had run back over that green patch—the others had passed down into the world of darkness.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonIn the darkness and confusion I did not distinguish the face of the man who rendered me this assistance.
The sudden pall of darkness in this strange house of mystery was just a tiny bit awesome.
The Boarded-Up House | Augusta Huiell SeamanThus night fell, and darkness settled down about him, relieved only by the red glow of the logs smouldering on the hearth.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniHe thus decoyed them away, and the fortunate couple were enabled to reach the British lines under cover of the darkness.
The Red Year | Louis Tracy
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