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darkness
[ dahrk-nis ]
/ ËdÉrk nÉȘs /
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noun
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.
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OTHER WORDS FROM darkness
pre·dark·ness, nounWords nearby darkness
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