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Darkness

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Noun

1. dark, darkness

absence of light or illumination

2. dark, darkness, shadow

an unilluminated area

Example Sentences:
'he moved off into the darkness'

3. dark, darkness, iniquity, wickedness

absence of moral or spiritual values

Example Sentences:
'the powers of darkness'

4. dark, darkness

an unenlightened state

Example Sentences:
'he was in the dark concerning their intentions'
'his lectures dispelled the darkness'

5. darkness

having a dark or somber color

6. darkness, duskiness, swarthiness

a swarthy complexion

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Darkness

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adjective
1. 
having little or no light
a dark street
2. 
(of a colour) reflecting or transmitting little light
dark brown
Compare light1 (sense 29), medium (sense 2)
3. 
a. 
(of complexion, hair colour, etc) not fair or blond; swarthy; brunette
b. 
(in combination)
dark-eyed
4. 
gloomy or dismal
5. 
sinister; evil
a dark purpose
6. 
sullen or angry
a dark scowl
7. 
ignorant or unenlightened
a dark period in our history
8. 
secret or mysterious
keep it dark
9. phonetics
denoting an (l) pronounced with a velar articulation giving back vowel resonance. In English, l is usually dark when final or preconsonantal
Compare light1 (sense 30)
10.  go dark
noun
11. 
absence of light; darkness
12. 
night or nightfall
13. 
a dark place, patch, or shadow
14. 
a state of ignorance (esp in the phrase in the dark)
verb
15.  an archaic word for darken

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Darkness

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adjective
1. 
a. 
entirely or partly without light
b. 
neither giving nor receiving light
2.  US
giving no performance; closed
this theater is dark tonight
3. 
a. 
almost black
b. 
not light in color; deep in shade
4. 
not fair in complexion; brunet or swarthy
5. 
hidden; secret
6. 
not easily understood; hard to make clear; obscure
7. 
gloomy; hopeless; dismal
8. 
angry or sullen
responding to criticism with dark looks
9. 
evil; sinister
10. 
ignorant; unenlightened
11. 
deep and rich, with a melancholy sound
12.  Phonetics
back
said of vowels
noun
13. 
the state of being dark
14. 
night; nightfall
15. 
a dark color or shade
verb transitive, verb intransitive
16.  Obsolete
to darken

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Darkness

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adj. dark·er, dark·est
1.
a. Lacking or having very little light: a dark corner.
b. Lacking brightness: a dark day.
c. Reflecting only a small fraction of incident light; tending toward black: dark clothing.
d. Served without milk or cream: dark coffee.
2. Being or having a complexion that is not light in color.
3. Sullen or threatening: a dark scowl.
4.
a. Characterized by gloom or pessimism; dismal or bleak: a dark day for the economy; dark predictions of what lies in store.
b. Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor.
5.
a. Unknown or concealed; mysterious: a dark secret; the dark workings of the unconscious.
b. Lacking enlightenment, knowledge, or culture: a dark age in the history of education.
6.
a. Evil in nature or effect; sinister: "churned up dark undercurrents of ethnic and religious hostility" (Peter Maas).
b. Morally corrupt; vicious: dark deeds; a dark past.
7. Having richness or depth: a dark, melancholy vocal tone.
8. Not giving performances; closed: The movie theater is dark on Mondays.
9. Linguistics Pronounced with the back of the tongue raised toward the velum. Used of the sound (l) in words like full.
n.
1. Absence of light.
2. A place having little or no light.
3. Night; nightfall: home before dark.
4. A deep hue or color.
5. darks Pieces of laundry having a dark color.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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