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darkness
dark D0029300 (därk)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.Idiom: in the dark1. In secret: high-level decisions made in the dark.2. In a state of ignorance; uninformed: kept me in the dark about their plans.
[Middle English derk, from Old English deorc.]
dark′ish adj.dark′ly adv.dark′ness n.Synonyms: dark, dim, murky, dusky, shady, shadowy
These adjectives indicate the absence of light or clarity. Dark, the most widely applicable, can refer to a lack or near lack of illumination (a dark night), deepness of shade or color (dark brown), somberness (a dark mood), or immorality (a dark past). Dim means having or producing little light (dim shadows; a dim light bulb) and further suggests lack of sharpness or clarity: "the terrible dim faces known in dreams" (Carson McCullers)."tales now dim and half forgotten" (Jane Stevenson).
Murky refers to a thick or clouded darkness: "Dolphins use sonar beams to navigate the murky depths of the ocean" (Tim Hilchey).
Like dim, it is also used of what is indistinct or uncertain: "Modern warfare is murky, and with no clear frontlines, the distinction between combat and support can become meaningless" (Kristin Henderson).
Dusky suggests a subdued half-light: "The dusky night rides down the sky, / And ushers in the morn" (Henry Fielding).
It can also refer to deepness or darkness of color: "A dusky blush rose to her cheek" (Edith Wharton).
Shady refers literally to what is sheltered from light, especially sunlight (a shady grove of pines) or figuratively to what is of questionable honesty (shady business deals). Shadowy also implies obstructed light (an ill-lit, shadowy street) but may refer to what is indistinct or little known: "[He] retreated from the limelight to the shadowy fringe of music history" (Charles Sherman).
It can also refer to something that seems to lack substance and is mysterious or sinister: a shadowy figure in a black cape.dark•ness (ˈdɑrk nɪs)
n. 1. the state or quality of being dark. 2. absence or deficiency of light: the darkness of night. 3. wickedness or evil: the forces of darkness. 4. obscurity; concealment. 5. lack of knowledge or enlightenment. 6. lack of sight; blindness. [before 1050] DarknessSee also blackening and blackness; night.
achluphobiaan abnormal fear of darkness. Also called scotophobia.fuliginosity1. the state or condition of being sooty or smoky.
2. soot or smoke. — fuliginous, adj.noctilucaany thing or creature that shines or glows in the dark, especially a phosphorescent or bioluminescent marine or other organism. — noctilucine, adj.noctimaniaan abnormal love of the night.nyctophobiaan abnormal fear of darkness or night.obumbrationRare. the act or process of darkening or obscuring.sciophobiaan abnormal fear of shadows.scotophobiaachluophobia.scotopiavision in dim light or darkness. See also photopia. — scotopic, adj.Darkness - Dark and cool as a cave —David Huddle
- Dark and heavy like a surface stained with ink —John Ashbery
- (It was) dark as a closet —Niven Busch
- Dark as a dungeon —Anon
The simile is the title of a ballad from the American South. - Dark as anger —Sylvia Plath
- Dark as a pocket —American colloquialism, attributed to Vermont
- (All was) dark as a stack of black cats —J. S. Rioss
- Dark as a thundercloud —Steven Vincent Benet
- Dark as a troll —W. D. Snodgrass
- Dark as a wolfs mouth —Miguel de Cervantes
“Dark as” and “Black as” have been used interchangeably since the simile’s appearance in Don Quixote. - Dark as a womb —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Dark as blackberries —Marge Piercy
- (The room was) dark as dreamless sleep —Harry Prince
- (Eyelashes … ) dark as night —Lord Byron
- Dark as sin —Mark Twain
- Dark as the devil’s mouth —Walter Scott
- Dark as the inside of a coffin —Gavin Lyall
- Dark as the inside of a magician’s hat —Robert Campbell
- Dark as the inside of a cow —Mark Twain
- Dark as the river bottom —Paige Mitchell
- Dark like wet coffee grounds —Ella Leffland
- The darkness ahead … looked like Alaska —Richard North
- Darkness as deep and cold as Siberian midnight —Gerald Kersh
- Darkness [in a rainstorm] came closer … like a sodden velvet curtain —Frank Swinnerton
- Darkness falls like a wet sponge —John Ashbery
This is the opening line of an Ashbery poem entitled The Picture of Little J.A. in a Prospect of Flowers. - Darkness fell like a swift blow —James Crumley
- Darkness fills her like a carbohydrate —Daniela Gioseffi
- The darkness flew in like an unwelcome bird —Norman Garbo
- Darkness had begun to come in like water —Alice McDermott
- Darkness hanging over them like a blotter —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Darkness like a black lake —Erich Maria Remarque
- Darkness … like a warm liquid poured from the throat of an enormous bird —John Hawkes
- Darkness settling down round them like a soft bird —Rose Tremain
- Darkness should be a private matter, like thought, like emotion —William Dieter
- Darkness so total it seemed … like deep water —William Boyd
- The darkness was like a rising tide that covered the gardens and the houses, erasing everything as a still sea erased footprints on a beach —John P. Marquand
- Darkness was sinking down over the region like a veil —Thomas Mann
- The darkness was thin, like some sleazy dress that has been worn and worn for many winters and always lets the cold through to the bones —Eudora Welty
- Dim as a cave of the sea —Richard Wilbur
- Dim as a cellar in midafternoon —Joyce Cary
- Dim as an ill-lit railroad coach —Natascha Wodin
- (My sun has set, I) dwell in darkness as a dead man out of sight —Christina Rossetti
- Light … drained out of the windows like a sink —William H. Gass
- So dark and murky it [a movie, The Fugitive Kind,] looked like everyone was drowning in chocolate syrup —Tennessee Williams, quoted in interview with Rex Reed
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  darkness - absence of light or illumination darkillumination - the degree of visibility of your environmentnight - darkness; "it vanished into the night"lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darkness, black, blackness - total absence of light; "they fumbled around in total darkness"; "in the black of night"brownout, dimout, blackout - darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)semidarkness - partial darkness | | 2. | darkness - an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"shadow, darkscene - the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime" | | 3. | darkness - absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"iniquity, wickedness, darkcondition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"foulness - disgusting wickedness and immorality; "he understood the foulness of sin"; "his display of foulness deserved severe punishment"; "mouths which speak such foulness must be cleansed" | | 4. | darkness - an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"darkunenlightenment - a lack of understanding | | 5. | darkness - having a dark or somber colorvalue - relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowelightness - having a light color | | 6. | darkness - a swarthy complexionswarthiness, duskinesscomplexion, skin color, skin colour - the coloring of a person's face |
darknessnoun1. dark, shadows, shade, gloom, obscurity, blackness, murk, dimness, murkiness, duskiness, shadiness The room was plunged into darkness.2. night, dark, dusk, nightfall, night-time, hours of darkness They worked all evening until darkness fell.Related words
fear achluophobiadarknessnounAbsence or deficiency of light:dark, dimness, duskiness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity.Translationsdark (daːk) adjective1. without light. a dark room; It's getting dark; the dark (= not cheerful) side. 黑暗的 黑暗的2. blackish or closer to black than white. a dark red colour; a dark (= not very white or fair) complexion; Her hair is dark. 黑色的，深色的 黑色的，深色的 3. evil and usually secret. dark deeds; a dark secret. 隱秘的 隐秘的 noun absence of light. in the dark; afraid of the dark; He never goes out after dark; We are in the dark (= we have no knowledge) about what is happening. 黑暗 黑暗ˈdarken verb to make or become dark or darker. 使變暗 使变暗ˈdarkness noun the state of being dark. 黑暗 黑暗keep it dark to keep something a secret. They're engaged to be married but they want to keep it dark. 保守秘密 保守秘密Darkness
What does it mean when you dream about darkness?Like many other common elements of our everyday experience, darkness can represent a wide range of things. As the polar opposite of light, darkness may represent evil, death, fear of the unknown, or feeling lost. Darkness or a dark region in a dream is often symbolic of the unconscious, the womb, or unseen possibilities. As with all dream symbols, the tone and setting of the dream indicate which interpretation is appropriate. darknesstraditional association with evil in many dualistic religions. [Folklore: Cirlot, 76–77]See: Evildarkness
dark·nessnyctophobia, scotophobia.darkness
Synonyms for darknessnoun darkSynonyms- dark
- shadows
- shade
- gloom
- obscurity
- blackness
- murk
- dimness
- murkiness
- duskiness
- shadiness
noun nightSynonyms- night
- dark
- dusk
- nightfall
- night-time
- hours of darkness
Synonyms for darknessnoun absence or deficiency of lightSynonyms- dark
- dimness
- duskiness
- murkiness
- obscureness
- obscurity
Synonyms for darknessnoun absence of light or illuminationSynonymsRelated Words- illumination
- night
- lightlessness
- pitch blackness
- total darkness
- black
- blackness
- brownout
- dimout
- blackout
- semidarkness
noun an unilluminated areaSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun absence of moral or spiritual valuesSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun an unenlightened stateSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun having a dark or somber colorRelated WordsAntonymsnoun a swarthy complexionSynonymsRelated Words- complexion
- skin color
- skin colour
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