Meaning of darkness | Babel Free

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1. The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
   uncountable
2. an abnormal fear of darkness. Also called scotophobia.
3. obscurity
4. The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.
   uncountable
5. any thing or creature that shines or glows in the dark, especially a phosphorescent or bioluminescent marine or other organism. — noctilucine, adj.
6. Any space that such colour pervades.
   countable, uncountable
7. an abnormal love of the night.
8. Gloom; gloominess; depression.
   uncountable
9. an abnormal fear of darkness or night.
10. The product of being dark.
    countable
11. Rare. the act or process of darkening or obscuring.
12. Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.
    uncountable
13. an abnormal fear of shadows.
14. Secrecy; concealment.
    uncountable
15. achluophobia.
16. Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.
    uncountable
17. vision in dim light or darkness. See also photopia. — scotopic, adj.
18. Nothingness, vanity, emptiness.
    uncountable
19. Absence or deficiency of light:dark, dimness, duskiness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity.
20. Hell.
    uncountable
21. absence of light. in the dark; afraid of the dark; He never goes out after dark; We are in the dark (= we have no knowledge) about what is happening. donker, donkerte ظُلْمَه، ظَلام тъмнина escuro tma, setmění; nevědomost die Dunkelheit mørke; mørkets frembrud; uvidenhed σκοτάδιoscuridad pime(dus) تاریکی pimeys noirחושך अंधेरा mrak, tama sötétség gelap myrkur oscurità, buio 暗がり 어둠 tamsa tumsa; neziņa gelap donkermørkeciemność ټیاړه escuro întuneric темнота; неведение tma, nevedomosť tema mrak...

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Examples

“The darkness of the room made it difficult to see.”

“Over everything was darkness and thick silence, and the smell of dust and sunflowers.”

“Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.”

“Darkness imprisoning me All that I see Absolute horror I cannot live I cannot die Trapped in myself Body my holding cell”

“The darkness of her skin betrayed her Mediterranean heritage.”

“Out of the darkness came some flickers of light.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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; […]”

“Shepard: Can you tell me anything about the beacon? Dr. Warren: It's some type of data module from a galaxy-wide communications network. Remarkably well-preserved. It could be the greatest scientific discovery of our lifetime! Dr. Warren: Miraculous new technologies. Groundbreaking medical advances. Who knows what secrets are locked inside? Dr. Manuel: We have unearthed the heart of evil. Awakened the beast. Unleashed the darkness.”

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