darkness
Definitions
- The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
- an abnormal fear of darkness. Also called scotophobia.
- obscurity
- The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.
- any thing or creature that shines or glows in the dark, especially a phosphorescent or bioluminescent marine or other organism. — noctilucine, adj.
- Any space that such colour pervades.
- an abnormal love of the night.
- Gloom; gloominess; depression.
- an abnormal fear of darkness or night.
- The product of being dark.
- Rare. the act or process of darkening or obscuring.
- Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.
- an abnormal fear of shadows.
- Secrecy; concealment.
- achluophobia.
- Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.
- vision in dim light or darkness. See also photopia. — scotopic, adj.
- Nothingness, vanity, emptiness.
- Absence or deficiency of light:dark, dimness, duskiness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity.
- Hell.
- 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...
Equivalents
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.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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