darkness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English derknesse, from Old English deorcnes; equivalent to dark + -ness.
Base: dark
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: darknesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: darckness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: darkeness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: darknesse
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: darkenesse
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
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
gloss: The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The darkness of her skin betrayed her Mediterranean heritage.
gloss: Any space that such colour pervades.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Out of the darkness came some flickers of light.
gloss: Gloom; gloominess; depression.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The product of being dark.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Lack of understanding or compassion; spiritual or mental blindness.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: Secrecy; concealment.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Lack of knowledge; obscurity or meaning or intelligibility; the unknown.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: Nothingness, vanity, emptiness.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: 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; […]
gloss: Hell.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: 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.
Synonyms: dark
Antonyms: lightness
light
Derived words: act of darkness
better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness
better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness
crater of eternal darkness
Egyptian darkness
nymph of darkness
pitch darkness
predarkness
semi-darkness
semidarkness
under cover of darkness
virtual darkness
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