darkness

noun

(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.

(uncountable) The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.

(uncountable) Gloom; gloominess; depression.

(uncountable) Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.

(uncountable) Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.

(uncountable) Secrecy; concealment.

(countable) The product of being dark.

(uncountable) Nothingness, vanity, emptiness.

(uncountable) Hell.

(uncountable, countable) Any space that such colour pervades.

Synonyms for darkness

swarthinessn duskinessn darkadj dimnessn murkn murkinessn obscurityn blacknessn gloomn shadowinessn sombernessn

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