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Darkness

Darkness Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Darkness? [n] a swarthy complexion [n] having a dark or somber color [n] an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness" [n] an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness" [n] absence of light or illumination [n] absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Darkness: dark \| dark \| dark \| duskiness \| iniquity \| shadow \| swarthiness \| wickedness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Darkness: ablepsia \| adiaphanousness \| age of ignorance \| amaurosis \| amorphousness \| barbarism \| benightedness \| benightment \| blackishness \| blackness \| bleakness \| bleariness \| blind side \| blind spot \| blindfolding \| blinding \| blindness \| blur \| blurriness \| blurring the eyes \| cataract \| cecity \| cloudiness \| dark \| dark age \| dark of night \| darkishness \| darksomeness \| defocus \| depriving of sight \| dimness \| dim-sightedness \| dismalness \| dreariness \| drop serene \| duskiness \| duskness \| economic blindness \| ever-during dark \| excecation \| eyelessness \| faintness \| feebleness \| filminess \| fog \| fogginess \| funereality \| fuzziness \| glaucoma \| gloom \| gloominess \| Gothicism \| graveness \| gravity \| grimness \| gutta serena \| half-visibility \| haziness \| heathenism \| hoodwinking \| imperviousness to light \| indefiniteness \| indeterminateness \| indistinctness \| indistinguishability \| intransparency \| lack of vision \| low profile \| making blind \| mist \| mistiness \| mumbo jumbo \| murk \| murkiness \| mystification \| night \| nighttide \| nighttime \| niphablepsia \| obfuscation \| obscurantism \| obscuration \| obscurity \| opacity \| opaque \| opaqueness \| paganism \| paleness \| partial blindness \| perplexity \| psychic blindness \| reduced sight \| roil \| roiledness \| sable night \| sadness \| savagery \| semivisibility \| shadowiness \| shapelessness \| sightless eyes \| sightlessness \| snow blindness \| soberness \| sobriety \| soft focus \| solemnity \| somberness \| soul-blindness \| spiritual blindness \| stone-blindness \| swarth \| swarthiness \| swartness \| total blindness \| trachoma \| turbidity \| turbidness \| uncertainty \| unclarity \| unclearness \| unenlightenment \| unplainness \| unseeingness \| vague appearance \| vagueness \| weakness \| wearifulness \| wearisomeness See Also \| black \| blackness \| blackout \| brownout \| complexion \| condition \| dimout \| illumination \| lightlessness \| night \| pitch blackness \| scene \| semidarkness \| skin color \| skin colour \| status \| total darkness \| unenlightenment \| value Darkness In Webster's Dictionary \Dark"ness\, n. 1. The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom. And darkness was upon the face of the deep. --Gen. i. 2. 2. A state of privacy; secrecy. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light. --Matt. x. 27. 3. A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity. Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. --John. iii. 19. Pursue these sons of darkness: drive them out From all heaven's bounds. --Milton. 4. Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion. 5. A state of distress or trouble. A day of clouds and of thick darkness. --Joel. ii. 2. {Prince of darkness}, the Devil; Satan. ``In the power of the Prince of darkness.'' --Locke. Syn: {Darkness}, {Dimness}, {Obscurity}, {Gloom}. Usage: Darkness arises from a total, and dimness from a partial, want of light. A thing is obscure when so overclouded or covered as not to be easily perceived. As tha shade or obscurity increases, it deepens into gloom. What is dark is hidden from view; what is obscure is difficult to perceive or penetrate; the eye becomes dim with age; an impending storm fills the atmosphere with gloom. When taken figuratively, these words have a like use; as, the darkness of ignorance; dimness of discernment; obscurity of reasoning; gloom of superstition.

Darkness Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Darkness?

[n] a swarthy complexion
[n] having a dark or somber color
[n] an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"
[n] an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
[n] absence of light or illumination
[n] absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"

Darkness In Webster's Dictionary

\Dark"ness\, n.
1. The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.

         And darkness was upon the face of the deep. --Gen.
                                               i. 2.

2. A state of privacy; secrecy.

         What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light.
                                               --Matt. x. 27.

3. A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or
   religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity.

         Men loved darkness rather than light, because their
         deeds were evil.                      --John. iii.
                                               19.

         Pursue these sons of darkness: drive them out From
         all heaven's bounds.                  --Milton.

4. Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the
   darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.

5. A state of distress or trouble.

         A day of clouds and of thick darkness. --Joel. ii.
                                               2.



{Prince of darkness}, the Devil; Satan. ``In the power of the
   Prince of darkness.'' --Locke.

Syn: {Darkness}, {Dimness}, {Obscurity}, {Gloom}.

Usage: Darkness arises from a total, and dimness from a
       partial, want of light. A thing is obscure when so
       overclouded or covered as not to be easily perceived.
       As tha shade or obscurity increases, it deepens into
       gloom. What is dark is hidden from view; what is
       obscure is difficult to perceive or penetrate; the eye
       becomes dim with age; an impending storm fills the
       atmosphere with gloom. When taken figuratively, these
       words have a like use; as, the darkness of ignorance;
       dimness of discernment; obscurity of reasoning; gloom
       of superstition.

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