darkness

About 21.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.

   The darkness of the room made it difficult to see.

2. noun The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.

   The darkness of her skin betrayed her Mediterranean heritage.

3. noun Any space that such colour pervades.

   Out of the darkness came some flickers of light.

4. noun Gloom; gloominess; depression.
5. noun The product of being dark.
6. noun Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.
7. noun Secrecy; concealment.
8. noun Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.

Similar words

duskiness wickedness iniquity swarthiness shadow obscurity black shade darkened obscurantism

Often followed by

of and to in was that is fell at

Word family

darknesses