Definition of darkness in English:

darkness

noun ˈdɑːknəsˈdɑrknəs

mass noun

1The partial or total absence of light.
the office was in darkness
Example sentencesExamples
- Stepping carefully from the end of the tunnel into near total darkness Reed followed a pinprick of light.
- WHEN I finally arrived at Nanxi River, everything was in darkness except for the light cast by street lamps and the stars above.
- Suddenly, the lights shut off, throwing the room into total darkness.
- The water disappeared with a mildly worrying groaning noise and the lights went out, leaving the non-windowed bathroom in total darkness.
- The water is tannic, containing a brown-green stain which blocks out the light; below 10m, you're in total darkness.
- It tries to avoid both strong light and total darkness.
- They lay there, in the partial darkness, the only light being the moonlight through the tin slits in her blinds.
- After being in total darkness for three hours, the light is stunning.
- They were flown in total darkness without lights and reference points.
- But the lift stopped between floors, and the lights went off - we were plunged into total darkness.
- Night fell in full force, and they were left in total darkness, the only light being from the moon above.
- The interior of the house was in total darkness, the only source of light coming from a lamp hanging from the back porch.
- It was a bright white light that appeared to come out of total darkness.
- Now, if this bird were to fly over your head, Larry, three inches in the total darkness, you would never even know it flew over your head.
- They made their way down, in total darkness, until the gray light began to present itself.
- All the stations are practically in darkness & lights are only strong enough for the porters etc. to just see what they are doing.
- As he turned off the engine, and then the parking lights, Andrew was enveloped in almost total darkness.
- In the November darkness numerous candles were lit and placed around the entrance of the decaying art deco building as Ms Vine and her acolytes gathered around.
- The bottomless pit is the earth in total darkness with no light from the sun, every island destroyed, the earth's surface broken up.
- Marin flipped off the light switch, leaving the room bathed in total darkness, but for the soft light of a glowing nightlight in the corner.
Synonyms
dark, blackness, absence of light, gloom, gloominess, dimness, dullness, murk, murkiness, shadowiness, shadow, shade, shadiness, dusk, twilight, gloaming
1. 1.1 Night.
  they began to make camp before darkness fell
  Example sentencesExamples
  The main school building and a nearby pre-fab were broken into under the cover of darkness on Friday night last.
  The planes have been landing under the cover of darkness, at night.
  The three-day Leeds Festival kicked off with some of the world's loudest bands - but no serious trouble before darkness fell last night.
  As there are no street-lights, they often walk at night in darkness, risking their lives.
  The men later move to the porch when darkness falls, apparently taking advantage of the cool night weather.
  Our little party arrived in the bay in darkness last night, from Tobermory harbour.
  That night they stopped and made camp just before the impending darkness fell over them for the night.
  Rather it kept itself to itself but it was there in the early morning, in the mist, and it was there late in the evening just as darkness was falling.
  For four days after Katrina hit, the city of New Orleans fell into complete darkness after sunset.
  The darkness of the night is offset by the full moon and the traditional ahals are lit at every traditional home.
  The kingdom had fallen silent as the darkness of night filled the sky.
  Though it was night and darkness had fallen, she could still make out one building, blazing like hellfire.
  In the evening, darkness fell early, and the chill in the air signified the onset of fall.
  Police called off co-ordinated searches for the men last night as darkness fell.
  As darkness fell the following night, the same operation was repeated, netting an additional 84 arrests.
  Long they fought, after the dying sun had fallen from the sky, into the endless darkness of the long night.
  When darkness fell on the second night they scaled the wall of their compound, jumped over unseen and walked through a bustling market place before escaping into the jungle.
  In return, he slept with them in the long winter nights of deep darkness, when the temperatures plummeted.
  As darkness fell that summer evening, a none-too-subtle rustling was seen in the trees and bushes at the edge of our camp site.
  The darkness of the night erupted into an amber sunrise as the boulder held back the sudden blast of flames.
  Synonyms
  night, night-time, dark, hours of darkness
2. 1.2 The quality of being dark in colour.
  the darkness of his jacket
  Example sentencesExamples
  Now the correct colour and degree of darkness have been restored.
  Her hair was pulled back into a tight high ponytail; her hair was also streaked with blond and red over the darkness of her natural dark brown.
  The lightness or darkness of a color affects whether it can absorb or reflect heat and light.
  Synonyms
  dark, blackness, absence of light, gloom, gloominess, dimness, dullness, murk, murkiness, shadowiness, shadow, shade, shadiness, dusk, twilight, gloaming
2Wickedness or evil.
the forces of darkness
Example sentencesExamples
- I don't want to sound like a preacher, but there is no way that this can continue and I for one am not going to bend over to these forces of darkness.
- Those qualities - darkness and humanness - would become common themes in his work.
- The only way to unlock the evil powers of Bos Kreuz was to let the evil and darkness of the sword corrupt you and let it take hold of your soul.
- It will be like a spiritual spring clean, and nothing of darkness or evil will dwell in there again.
- And we hold you up in pride as our symbol in the fight of Good against the forces of darkness and evil.
- He grows up in a secret government agency, being educated and trained as a defender against the forces of darkness.
- One can only marvel at the fiendish and diabolical powers of darkness under Hillary's wicked command.
- The enemy is alien, the forces of darkness rather than one's own kind.
- This statement undoubtedly means that the angels are ruled, controlled, and dominated by darkness and wickedness until the judgement day.
- The hero triumphs, finds himself a good woman, and defeats the forces of darkness.
- In some contexts, black represents darkness, evil, death, and defilement.
- It scared her the way she would crave that darkness, the wickedness, the evil forces.
- Errand's contest between humanity and the forces of darkness is one of the seminal dance/theater portraits of the age.
- The gothic culture leads young, susceptible minds into an imagined world of evil, darkness, and violence.
- Stephen Lewis speaks to the exorcist whose fight against the forces of darkness reaches the nation's TV screens tonight.
- The Bible has a lot to say about darkness - about human wickedness and savagery and indifference.
- This classic meditation on the forces of darkness and the struggle to contain them makes the heart glad and the nerves tingle.
- This awakening symbolises the triumph of good, winning against the evil forces of darkness that are represented by the winter.
- The reaction to the show at the time was that many people phoned the police and warned them that the forces of darkness had been unleashed upon the nation.
- One has an awful feeling that the forces of darkness are going to win here.
Synonyms
evil, wickedness, corruption, sin, sinfulness, iniquity, immorality, devilry, the Devil, hell
1. 2.1 Unhappiness or gloom.
  moments of darkness were rare
  Example sentencesExamples
  Fraser, for her part, has certainly come through the darknesses of three years ago.
  May its vision and hope sustain us in our moments of darkness.
  Besieged by the headlines, he sits isolated in his own dejected box of darkness, looking like the face of mourning America.
  The songs on Mobilize are relatively unremarkable but Phillips' voice has the ability to evoke thoughts of darkness, gloom and ecstasy.
  What I wanted was darkness, unhappiness… I thought of giving Xander a call back.
  Szentkuthy stood as a beacon in this darkness of misery and cruelty.
  The Russian government was a constant shadow in the corner, always lurking, always promising darkness and misery.
  He looks away, silent for a moment, then recounts the weeks of darkness and pain administered by hard-nosed soldiers.
  He could keep them, had kept them there with only the faint shadows colouring his thoughts with darkness, but not yet, not now.
  While Willow going dark is interesting temporarily, Buffy's depression and flirting with darkness is much more interesting.
  Only wisdom, rationality and compassion will deliver us from this spiraling descent to the final moment of darkness.
  How were things going, I asked him, putting on a show of cheerfulness, hoping that he was seeing some ray of light in the present darkness?
  As the night falls, darkness vanquishes his faculties and he yearns for some safe haven to hide therein.
  Not all elements of Tent City life are shrouded in gloom and darkness, however.
  Like her inspiration, Billie Holliday, her voice has the power to create beauty out of moments and times of darkness.
  One also should know one's own limitations… There is so much misery and darkness.
  There are moments of impenetrable psychotic darkness, followed swiftly by wry humor.
  Depression is the result of all these hidden sadnesses, darkness, and feelings of guilt that have been buried deeply in the heart.
  Just the name - borough of crows! - suggests darkness and gloom.
  He could only think of the future, gloom and darkness without her.
2. 2.2 Secrecy or mystery.
  they drew a veil of darkness across the proceedings
  Example sentencesExamples
  Haynes gives Frank little interior life and casts him into the darkness, trapped in a life of secrecy.
  His darkness and mystery were personified in the character being a Vampiric elf.
  He asks that we lift the veil and cast out the darkness.
  Reluctantly, the girl plunged herself back into her world of darkness and blind uncertainty.
  His arrival was shrouded in darkness and secrecy.
  We are naive, in a certain sense; our existence is veiled in darkness, unarticulated.
  And the story's darkness and moral ambiguity increase the film's power and appeal.
  This is what she wanted, but the thought of what she might find out was a huge darkness of uncertainty before her.
  It was a typically sunny February afternoon in Delhi, but I felt a cloud of impenetrable darkness.
  He closed his eyes tiredly and scenes from the night that changed his life seemed to have played itself in the unfathomed darkness of his mind.
  There is energy and mischief, but it is always countered by mystery and darkness.
  It is all calm and quiet and every where a mysterious silence, a terrifying darkness and death-like silence.
  A black veil of darkness comes over her face as she holds onto the desk for support.
  Synonyms
  secrecy, obscurity, ambiguity, ambiguousness, uncertainty, impenetrability, vagueness, nebulousness
3. 2.3 Lack of spiritual or intellectual enlightenment; ignorance.
  his accomplishments shone in a world of darkness
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Holy land of India was in the throes of spiritual darkness.
  Those states in which the results of karma are perceived or enjoyed are in fact the states of darkness, characterized by ignorance.
  Can one colour adequately depict the twists and turns of fate, the moments of chance and mis-chance, the shades of light and darkness that have shaped your destiny?
  You were called out of spiritual deadness and sinful darkness by mercy, through mercy, and for mercy.
  Now that's an ancient account of one person's journey from moral and spiritual darkness to faith in the Christian God.
  The reason for the veil is the spiritual darkness of the human condition.
  It is ironic that these years of intense activity and growth were also years of spiritual darkness for Jane.
  We dance out our lives across darkness and light.
  A Russian proverb says that education is light; lack of education is darkness.
  Today this world is covered with spiritual darkness crime violence, vice cheating, lying, stealing, killing.
  Yet in what darkness, what dense ignorance, was the mental battle fought!
  My friend might simply be colluding with me in my darkness, in my ignorance, in a kind of co-dependent relationship.
  The tamasic category includes meat and is attributed to a state of darkness, ignorance, lethargy and inactivity.
  Like most of the liberals they thought of Protestantism as the first step on the way from medieval darkness to enlightenment.
  While the Byzantine Empire was flourishing, western Europe languished in spiritual and cultural darkness.
  For him, the tribes he encounters on the banks of the Niger live in spiritual darkness.
  We are fast drifting into an era of great spiritual darkness!
  Science and Reason were the new colossi which would sweep aside medieval superstition that kept us in darkness and ignorance.
  It's not true the world's oldest continent was merely an area of darkness that submissively awaited enlightenment.
  As the conventional story goes, once upon a time the West slumbered in intellectual darkness.

Definition of darkness in US English:

darkness

nounˈdɑrknəsˈdärknəs

1The partial or total absence of light.
the office was in darkness
Example sentencesExamples
- In the November darkness numerous candles were lit and placed around the entrance of the decaying art deco building as Ms Vine and her acolytes gathered around.
- It tries to avoid both strong light and total darkness.
- It was a bright white light that appeared to come out of total darkness.
- The water disappeared with a mildly worrying groaning noise and the lights went out, leaving the non-windowed bathroom in total darkness.
- As he turned off the engine, and then the parking lights, Andrew was enveloped in almost total darkness.
- Now, if this bird were to fly over your head, Larry, three inches in the total darkness, you would never even know it flew over your head.
- The water is tannic, containing a brown-green stain which blocks out the light; below 10m, you're in total darkness.
- All the stations are practically in darkness & lights are only strong enough for the porters etc. to just see what they are doing.
- Marin flipped off the light switch, leaving the room bathed in total darkness, but for the soft light of a glowing nightlight in the corner.
- WHEN I finally arrived at Nanxi River, everything was in darkness except for the light cast by street lamps and the stars above.
- They lay there, in the partial darkness, the only light being the moonlight through the tin slits in her blinds.
- Night fell in full force, and they were left in total darkness, the only light being from the moon above.
- Suddenly, the lights shut off, throwing the room into total darkness.
- The bottomless pit is the earth in total darkness with no light from the sun, every island destroyed, the earth's surface broken up.
- They were flown in total darkness without lights and reference points.
- But the lift stopped between floors, and the lights went off - we were plunged into total darkness.
- They made their way down, in total darkness, until the gray light began to present itself.
- After being in total darkness for three hours, the light is stunning.
- Stepping carefully from the end of the tunnel into near total darkness Reed followed a pinprick of light.
- The interior of the house was in total darkness, the only source of light coming from a lamp hanging from the back porch.
Synonyms
dark, blackness, absence of light, gloom, gloominess, dimness, dullness, murk, murkiness, shadowiness, shadow, shade, shadiness, dusk, twilight, gloaming
1. 1.1 Night.
  they began to make camp before darkness fell
  Example sentencesExamples
  The men later move to the porch when darkness falls, apparently taking advantage of the cool night weather.
  As there are no street-lights, they often walk at night in darkness, risking their lives.
  When darkness fell on the second night they scaled the wall of their compound, jumped over unseen and walked through a bustling market place before escaping into the jungle.
  The kingdom had fallen silent as the darkness of night filled the sky.
  The planes have been landing under the cover of darkness, at night.
  The main school building and a nearby pre-fab were broken into under the cover of darkness on Friday night last.
  That night they stopped and made camp just before the impending darkness fell over them for the night.
  The three-day Leeds Festival kicked off with some of the world's loudest bands - but no serious trouble before darkness fell last night.
  Police called off co-ordinated searches for the men last night as darkness fell.
  As darkness fell that summer evening, a none-too-subtle rustling was seen in the trees and bushes at the edge of our camp site.
  The darkness of the night is offset by the full moon and the traditional ahals are lit at every traditional home.
  Though it was night and darkness had fallen, she could still make out one building, blazing like hellfire.
  Rather it kept itself to itself but it was there in the early morning, in the mist, and it was there late in the evening just as darkness was falling.
  In the evening, darkness fell early, and the chill in the air signified the onset of fall.
  In return, he slept with them in the long winter nights of deep darkness, when the temperatures plummeted.
  Long they fought, after the dying sun had fallen from the sky, into the endless darkness of the long night.
  Our little party arrived in the bay in darkness last night, from Tobermory harbour.
  For four days after Katrina hit, the city of New Orleans fell into complete darkness after sunset.
  As darkness fell the following night, the same operation was repeated, netting an additional 84 arrests.
  The darkness of the night erupted into an amber sunrise as the boulder held back the sudden blast of flames.
  Synonyms
  night, night-time, dark, hours of darkness
2. 1.2 The quality of being dark in color.
  the darkness of his jacket
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her hair was pulled back into a tight high ponytail; her hair was also streaked with blond and red over the darkness of her natural dark brown.
  Now the correct colour and degree of darkness have been restored.
  The lightness or darkness of a color affects whether it can absorb or reflect heat and light.
  Synonyms
  dark, blackness, absence of light, gloom, gloominess, dimness, dullness, murk, murkiness, shadowiness, shadow, shade, shadiness, dusk, twilight, gloaming
2Wickedness or evil.
the forces of darkness
Example sentencesExamples
- Stephen Lewis speaks to the exorcist whose fight against the forces of darkness reaches the nation's TV screens tonight.
- The only way to unlock the evil powers of Bos Kreuz was to let the evil and darkness of the sword corrupt you and let it take hold of your soul.
- It scared her the way she would crave that darkness, the wickedness, the evil forces.
- The enemy is alien, the forces of darkness rather than one's own kind.
- This classic meditation on the forces of darkness and the struggle to contain them makes the heart glad and the nerves tingle.
- The Bible has a lot to say about darkness - about human wickedness and savagery and indifference.
- One can only marvel at the fiendish and diabolical powers of darkness under Hillary's wicked command.
- And we hold you up in pride as our symbol in the fight of Good against the forces of darkness and evil.
- Those qualities - darkness and humanness - would become common themes in his work.
- In some contexts, black represents darkness, evil, death, and defilement.
- Errand's contest between humanity and the forces of darkness is one of the seminal dance/theater portraits of the age.
- The gothic culture leads young, susceptible minds into an imagined world of evil, darkness, and violence.
- The reaction to the show at the time was that many people phoned the police and warned them that the forces of darkness had been unleashed upon the nation.
- This statement undoubtedly means that the angels are ruled, controlled, and dominated by darkness and wickedness until the judgement day.
- I don't want to sound like a preacher, but there is no way that this can continue and I for one am not going to bend over to these forces of darkness.
- This awakening symbolises the triumph of good, winning against the evil forces of darkness that are represented by the winter.
- It will be like a spiritual spring clean, and nothing of darkness or evil will dwell in there again.
- He grows up in a secret government agency, being educated and trained as a defender against the forces of darkness.
- The hero triumphs, finds himself a good woman, and defeats the forces of darkness.
- One has an awful feeling that the forces of darkness are going to win here.
Synonyms
evil, wickedness, corruption, sin, sinfulness, iniquity, immorality, devilry, the devil, hell
1. 2.1 Unhappiness, distress, or gloom.
  moments of darkness were rare
  Example sentencesExamples
  There are moments of impenetrable psychotic darkness, followed swiftly by wry humor.
  Not all elements of Tent City life are shrouded in gloom and darkness, however.
  He could only think of the future, gloom and darkness without her.
  May its vision and hope sustain us in our moments of darkness.
  While Willow going dark is interesting temporarily, Buffy's depression and flirting with darkness is much more interesting.
  He looks away, silent for a moment, then recounts the weeks of darkness and pain administered by hard-nosed soldiers.
  One also should know one's own limitations… There is so much misery and darkness.
  How were things going, I asked him, putting on a show of cheerfulness, hoping that he was seeing some ray of light in the present darkness?
  The Russian government was a constant shadow in the corner, always lurking, always promising darkness and misery.
  Fraser, for her part, has certainly come through the darknesses of three years ago.
  He could keep them, had kept them there with only the faint shadows colouring his thoughts with darkness, but not yet, not now.
  Szentkuthy stood as a beacon in this darkness of misery and cruelty.
  Besieged by the headlines, he sits isolated in his own dejected box of darkness, looking like the face of mourning America.
  Only wisdom, rationality and compassion will deliver us from this spiraling descent to the final moment of darkness.
  What I wanted was darkness, unhappiness… I thought of giving Xander a call back.
  Depression is the result of all these hidden sadnesses, darkness, and feelings of guilt that have been buried deeply in the heart.
  Like her inspiration, Billie Holliday, her voice has the power to create beauty out of moments and times of darkness.
  The songs on Mobilize are relatively unremarkable but Phillips' voice has the ability to evoke thoughts of darkness, gloom and ecstasy.
  Just the name - borough of crows! - suggests darkness and gloom.
  As the night falls, darkness vanquishes his faculties and he yearns for some safe haven to hide therein.
2. 2.2 Secrecy or mystery.
  they drew a veil of darkness across the proceedings
  Example sentencesExamples
  He closed his eyes tiredly and scenes from the night that changed his life seemed to have played itself in the unfathomed darkness of his mind.
  Reluctantly, the girl plunged herself back into her world of darkness and blind uncertainty.
  And the story's darkness and moral ambiguity increase the film's power and appeal.
  It was a typically sunny February afternoon in Delhi, but I felt a cloud of impenetrable darkness.
  Haynes gives Frank little interior life and casts him into the darkness, trapped in a life of secrecy.
  There is energy and mischief, but it is always countered by mystery and darkness.
  He asks that we lift the veil and cast out the darkness.
  We are naive, in a certain sense; our existence is veiled in darkness, unarticulated.
  His darkness and mystery were personified in the character being a Vampiric elf.
  His arrival was shrouded in darkness and secrecy.
  A black veil of darkness comes over her face as she holds onto the desk for support.
  This is what she wanted, but the thought of what she might find out was a huge darkness of uncertainty before her.
  It is all calm and quiet and every where a mysterious silence, a terrifying darkness and death-like silence.
  Synonyms
  secrecy, obscurity, ambiguity, ambiguousness, uncertainty, impenetrability, vagueness, nebulousness
3. 2.3 Lack of spiritual or intellectual enlightenment; ignorance.
  his accomplishments shone in a world of darkness
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is ironic that these years of intense activity and growth were also years of spiritual darkness for Jane.
  My friend might simply be colluding with me in my darkness, in my ignorance, in a kind of co-dependent relationship.
  The Holy land of India was in the throes of spiritual darkness.
  Today this world is covered with spiritual darkness crime violence, vice cheating, lying, stealing, killing.
  Can one colour adequately depict the twists and turns of fate, the moments of chance and mis-chance, the shades of light and darkness that have shaped your destiny?
  It's not true the world's oldest continent was merely an area of darkness that submissively awaited enlightenment.
  Like most of the liberals they thought of Protestantism as the first step on the way from medieval darkness to enlightenment.
  The tamasic category includes meat and is attributed to a state of darkness, ignorance, lethargy and inactivity.
  As the conventional story goes, once upon a time the West slumbered in intellectual darkness.
  While the Byzantine Empire was flourishing, western Europe languished in spiritual and cultural darkness.
  The reason for the veil is the spiritual darkness of the human condition.
  Yet in what darkness, what dense ignorance, was the mental battle fought!
  Science and Reason were the new colossi which would sweep aside medieval superstition that kept us in darkness and ignorance.
  Now that's an ancient account of one person's journey from moral and spiritual darkness to faith in the Christian God.
  A Russian proverb says that education is light; lack of education is darkness.
  For him, the tribes he encounters on the banks of the Niger live in spiritual darkness.
  You were called out of spiritual deadness and sinful darkness by mercy, through mercy, and for mercy.
  We are fast drifting into an era of great spiritual darkness!
  We dance out our lives across darkness and light.
  Those states in which the results of karma are perceived or enjoyed are in fact the states of darkness, characterized by ignorance.

单词	darkness
释义	Definition of darkness in English: darkness noun ˈdɑːknəsˈdɑrknəs mass noun 1The partial or total absence of light. the office was in darkness Example sentencesExamples Stepping carefully from the end of the tunnel into near total darkness Reed followed a pinprick of light. WHEN I finally arrived at Nanxi River, everything was in darkness except for the light cast by street lamps and the stars above. Suddenly, the lights shut off, throwing the room into total darkness. The water disappeared with a mildly worrying groaning noise and the lights went out, leaving the non-windowed bathroom in total darkness. The water is tannic, containing a brown-green stain which blocks out the light; below 10m, you're in total darkness. It tries to avoid both strong light and total darkness. They lay there, in the partial darkness, the only light being the moonlight through the tin slits in her blinds. After being in total darkness for three hours, the light is stunning. They were flown in total darkness without lights and reference points. But the lift stopped between floors, and the lights went off - we were plunged into total darkness. Night fell in full force, and they were left in total darkness, the only light being from the moon above. The interior of the house was in total darkness, the only source of light coming from a lamp hanging from the back porch. It was a bright white light that appeared to come out of total darkness. Now, if this bird were to fly over your head, Larry, three inches in the total darkness, you would never even know it flew over your head. They made their way down, in total darkness, until the gray light began to present itself. All the stations are practically in darkness & lights are only strong enough for the porters etc. to just see what they are doing. As he turned off the engine, and then the parking lights, Andrew was enveloped in almost total darkness. In the November darkness numerous candles were lit and placed around the entrance of the decaying art deco building as Ms Vine and her acolytes gathered around. The bottomless pit is the earth in total darkness with no light from the sun, every island destroyed, the earth's surface broken up. Marin flipped off the light switch, leaving the room bathed in total darkness, but for the soft light of a glowing nightlight in the corner. Synonyms dark, blackness, absence of light, gloom, gloominess, dimness, dullness, murk, murkiness, shadowiness, shadow, shade, shadiness, dusk, twilight, gloaming 1.1 Night. they began to make camp before darkness fell Example sentencesExamples The main school building and a nearby pre-fab were broken into under the cover of darkness on Friday night last. The planes have been landing under the cover of darkness, at night. The three-day Leeds Festival kicked off with some of the world's loudest bands - but no serious trouble before darkness fell last night. As there are no street-lights, they often walk at night in darkness, risking their lives. The men later move to the porch when darkness falls, apparently taking advantage of the cool night weather. Our little party arrived in the bay in darkness last night, from Tobermory harbour. That night they stopped and made camp just before the impending darkness fell over them for the night. Rather it kept itself to itself but it was there in the early morning, in the mist, and it was there late in the evening just as darkness was falling. For four days after Katrina hit, the city of New Orleans fell into complete darkness after sunset. The darkness of the night is offset by the full moon and the traditional ahals are lit at every traditional home. The kingdom had fallen silent as the darkness of night filled the sky. Though it was night and darkness had fallen, she could still make out one building, blazing like hellfire. In the evening, darkness fell early, and the chill in the air signified the onset of fall. Police called off co-ordinated searches for the men last night as darkness fell. As darkness fell the following night, the same operation was repeated, netting an additional 84 arrests. Long they fought, after the dying sun had fallen from the sky, into the endless darkness of the long night. When darkness fell on the second night they scaled the wall of their compound, jumped over unseen and walked through a bustling market place before escaping into the jungle. In return, he slept with them in the long winter nights of deep darkness, when the temperatures plummeted. As darkness fell that summer evening, a none-too-subtle rustling was seen in the trees and bushes at the edge of our camp site. The darkness of the night erupted into an amber sunrise as the boulder held back the sudden blast of flames. Synonyms night, night-time, dark, hours of darkness 1.2 The quality of being dark in colour. the darkness of his jacket Example sentencesExamples Now the correct colour and degree of darkness have been restored. Her hair was pulled back into a tight high ponytail; her hair was also streaked with blond and red over the darkness of her natural dark brown. The lightness or darkness of a color affects whether it can absorb or reflect heat and light. Synonyms dark, blackness, absence of light, gloom, gloominess, dimness, dullness, murk, murkiness, shadowiness, shadow, shade, shadiness, dusk, twilight, gloaming 2Wickedness or evil. the forces of darkness Example sentencesExamples I don't want to sound like a preacher, but there is no way that this can continue and I for one am not going to bend over to these forces of darkness. Those qualities - darkness and humanness - would become common themes in his work. The only way to unlock the evil powers of Bos Kreuz was to let the evil and darkness of the sword corrupt you and let it take hold of your soul. It will be like a spiritual spring clean, and nothing of darkness or evil will dwell in there again. And we hold you up in pride as our symbol in the fight of Good against the forces of darkness and evil. He grows up in a secret government agency, being educated and trained as a defender against the forces of darkness. One can only marvel at the fiendish and diabolical powers of darkness under Hillary's wicked command. The enemy is alien, the forces of darkness rather than one's own kind. This statement undoubtedly means that the angels are ruled, controlled, and dominated by darkness and wickedness until the judgement day. The hero triumphs, finds himself a good woman, and defeats the forces of darkness. In some contexts, black represents darkness, evil, death, and defilement. It scared her the way she would crave that darkness, the wickedness, the evil forces. Errand's contest between humanity and the forces of darkness is one of the seminal dance/theater portraits of the age. The gothic culture leads young, susceptible minds into an imagined world of evil, darkness, and violence. Stephen Lewis speaks to the exorcist whose fight against the forces of darkness reaches the nation's TV screens tonight. The Bible has a lot to say about darkness - about human wickedness and savagery and indifference. This classic meditation on the forces of darkness and the struggle to contain them makes the heart glad and the nerves tingle. This awakening symbolises the triumph of good, winning against the evil forces of darkness that are represented by the winter. The reaction to the show at the time was that many people phoned the police and warned them that the forces of darkness had been unleashed upon the nation. One has an awful feeling that the forces of darkness are going to win here. Synonyms evil, wickedness, corruption, sin, sinfulness, iniquity, immorality, devilry, the Devil, hell 2.1 Unhappiness or gloom. moments of darkness were rare Example sentencesExamples Fraser, for her part, has certainly come through the darknesses of three years ago. May its vision and hope sustain us in our moments of darkness. Besieged by the headlines, he sits isolated in his own dejected box of darkness, looking like the face of mourning America. The songs on Mobilize are relatively unremarkable but Phillips' voice has the ability to evoke thoughts of darkness, gloom and ecstasy. What I wanted was darkness, unhappiness… I thought of giving Xander a call back. Szentkuthy stood as a beacon in this darkness of misery and cruelty. The Russian government was a constant shadow in the corner, always lurking, always promising darkness and misery. He looks away, silent for a moment, then recounts the weeks of darkness and pain administered by hard-nosed soldiers. He could keep them, had kept them there with only the faint shadows colouring his thoughts with darkness, but not yet, not now. While Willow going dark is interesting temporarily, Buffy's depression and flirting with darkness is much more interesting. Only wisdom, rationality and compassion will deliver us from this spiraling descent to the final moment of darkness. How were things going, I asked him, putting on a show of cheerfulness, hoping that he was seeing some ray of light in the present darkness? As the night falls, darkness vanquishes his faculties and he yearns for some safe haven to hide therein. Not all elements of Tent City life are shrouded in gloom and darkness, however. Like her inspiration, Billie Holliday, her voice has the power to create beauty out of moments and times of darkness. One also should know one's own limitations… There is so much misery and darkness. There are moments of impenetrable psychotic darkness, followed swiftly by wry humor. Depression is the result of all these hidden sadnesses, darkness, and feelings of guilt that have been buried deeply in the heart. Just the name - borough of crows! - suggests darkness and gloom. He could only think of the future, gloom and darkness without her. 2.2 Secrecy or mystery. they drew a veil of darkness across the proceedings Example sentencesExamples Haynes gives Frank little interior life and casts him into the darkness, trapped in a life of secrecy. His darkness and mystery were personified in the character being a Vampiric elf. He asks that we lift the veil and cast out the darkness. Reluctantly, the girl plunged herself back into her world of darkness and blind uncertainty. His arrival was shrouded in darkness and secrecy. We are naive, in a certain sense; our existence is veiled in darkness, unarticulated. And the story's darkness and moral ambiguity increase the film's power and appeal. This is what she wanted, but the thought of what she might find out was a huge darkness of uncertainty before her. It was a typically sunny February afternoon in Delhi, but I felt a cloud of impenetrable darkness. He closed his eyes tiredly and scenes from the night that changed his life seemed to have played itself in the unfathomed darkness of his mind. There is energy and mischief, but it is always countered by mystery and darkness. It is all calm and quiet and every where a mysterious silence, a terrifying darkness and death-like silence. A black veil of darkness comes over her face as she holds onto the desk for support. Synonyms secrecy, obscurity, ambiguity, ambiguousness, uncertainty, impenetrability, vagueness, nebulousness 2.3 Lack of spiritual or intellectual enlightenment; ignorance. his accomplishments shone in a world of darkness Example sentencesExamples The Holy land of India was in the throes of spiritual darkness. Those states in which the results of karma are perceived or enjoyed are in fact the states of darkness, characterized by ignorance. Can one colour adequately depict the twists and turns of fate, the moments of chance and mis-chance, the shades of light and darkness that have shaped your destiny? You were called out of spiritual deadness and sinful darkness by mercy, through mercy, and for mercy. Now that's an ancient account of one person's journey from moral and spiritual darkness to faith in the Christian God. The reason for the veil is the spiritual darkness of the human condition. It is ironic that these years of intense activity and growth were also years of spiritual darkness for Jane. We dance out our lives across darkness and light. A Russian proverb says that education is light; lack of education is darkness. Today this world is covered with spiritual darkness crime violence, vice cheating, lying, stealing, killing. Yet in what darkness, what dense ignorance, was the mental battle fought! My friend might simply be colluding with me in my darkness, in my ignorance, in a kind of co-dependent relationship. The tamasic category includes meat and is attributed to a state of darkness, ignorance, lethargy and inactivity. Like most of the liberals they thought of Protestantism as the first step on the way from medieval darkness to enlightenment. While the Byzantine Empire was flourishing, western Europe languished in spiritual and cultural darkness. For him, the tribes he encounters on the banks of the Niger live in spiritual darkness. We are fast drifting into an era of great spiritual darkness! Science and Reason were the new colossi which would sweep aside medieval superstition that kept us in darkness and ignorance. It's not true the world's oldest continent was merely an area of darkness that submissively awaited enlightenment. As the conventional story goes, once upon a time the West slumbered in intellectual darkness. Definition of darkness in US English: darkness nounˈdɑrknəsˈdärknəs 1The partial or total absence of light. the office was in darkness Example sentencesExamples In the November darkness numerous candles were lit and placed around the entrance of the decaying art deco building as Ms Vine and her acolytes gathered around. It tries to avoid both strong light and total darkness. It was a bright white light that appeared to come out of total darkness. The water disappeared with a mildly worrying groaning noise and the lights went out, leaving the non-windowed bathroom in total darkness. As he turned off the engine, and then the parking lights, Andrew was enveloped in almost total darkness. Now, if this bird were to fly over your head, Larry, three inches in the total darkness, you would never even know it flew over your head. The water is tannic, containing a brown-green stain which blocks out the light; below 10m, you're in total darkness. All the stations are practically in darkness & lights are only strong enough for the porters etc. to just see what they are doing. Marin flipped off the light switch, leaving the room bathed in total darkness, but for the soft light of a glowing nightlight in the corner. WHEN I finally arrived at Nanxi River, everything was in darkness except for the light cast by street lamps and the stars above. They lay there, in the partial darkness, the only light being the moonlight through the tin slits in her blinds. Night fell in full force, and they were left in total darkness, the only light being from the moon above. Suddenly, the lights shut off, throwing the room into total darkness. The bottomless pit is the earth in total darkness with no light from the sun, every island destroyed, the earth's surface broken up. They were flown in total darkness without lights and reference points. But the lift stopped between floors, and the lights went off - we were plunged into total darkness. They made their way down, in total darkness, until the gray light began to present itself. After being in total darkness for three hours, the light is stunning. Stepping carefully from the end of the tunnel into near total darkness Reed followed a pinprick of light. The interior of the house was in total darkness, the only source of light coming from a lamp hanging from the back porch. Synonyms dark, blackness, absence of light, gloom, gloominess, dimness, dullness, murk, murkiness, shadowiness, shadow, shade, shadiness, dusk, twilight, gloaming 1.1 Night. they began to make camp before darkness fell Example sentencesExamples The men later move to the porch when darkness falls, apparently taking advantage of the cool night weather. As there are no street-lights, they often walk at night in darkness, risking their lives. When darkness fell on the second night they scaled the wall of their compound, jumped over unseen and walked through a bustling market place before escaping into the jungle. The kingdom had fallen silent as the darkness of night filled the sky. The planes have been landing under the cover of darkness, at night. The main school building and a nearby pre-fab were broken into under the cover of darkness on Friday night last. That night they stopped and made camp just before the impending darkness fell over them for the night. The three-day Leeds Festival kicked off with some of the world's loudest bands - but no serious trouble before darkness fell last night. Police called off co-ordinated searches for the men last night as darkness fell. As darkness fell that summer evening, a none-too-subtle rustling was seen in the trees and bushes at the edge of our camp site. The darkness of the night is offset by the full moon and the traditional ahals are lit at every traditional home. Though it was night and darkness had fallen, she could still make out one building, blazing like hellfire. Rather it kept itself to itself but it was there in the early morning, in the mist, and it was there late in the evening just as darkness was falling. In the evening, darkness fell early, and the chill in the air signified the onset of fall. In return, he slept with them in the long winter nights of deep darkness, when the temperatures plummeted. Long they fought, after the dying sun had fallen from the sky, into the endless darkness of the long night. Our little party arrived in the bay in darkness last night, from Tobermory harbour. For four days after Katrina hit, the city of New Orleans fell into complete darkness after sunset. As darkness fell the following night, the same operation was repeated, netting an additional 84 arrests. The darkness of the night erupted into an amber sunrise as the boulder held back the sudden blast of flames. Synonyms night, night-time, dark, hours of darkness 1.2 The quality of being dark in color. the darkness of his jacket Example sentencesExamples Her hair was pulled back into a tight high ponytail; her hair was also streaked with blond and red over the darkness of her natural dark brown. Now the correct colour and degree of darkness have been restored. The lightness or darkness of a color affects whether it can absorb or reflect heat and light. Synonyms dark, blackness, absence of light, gloom, gloominess, dimness, dullness, murk, murkiness, shadowiness, shadow, shade, shadiness, dusk, twilight, gloaming 2Wickedness or evil. the forces of darkness Example sentencesExamples Stephen Lewis speaks to the exorcist whose fight against the forces of darkness reaches the nation's TV screens tonight. The only way to unlock the evil powers of Bos Kreuz was to let the evil and darkness of the sword corrupt you and let it take hold of your soul. It scared her the way she would crave that darkness, the wickedness, the evil forces. The enemy is alien, the forces of darkness rather than one's own kind. This classic meditation on the forces of darkness and the struggle to contain them makes the heart glad and the nerves tingle. The Bible has a lot to say about darkness - about human wickedness and savagery and indifference. One can only marvel at the fiendish and diabolical powers of darkness under Hillary's wicked command. And we hold you up in pride as our symbol in the fight of Good against the forces of darkness and evil. Those qualities - darkness and humanness - would become common themes in his work. In some contexts, black represents darkness, evil, death, and defilement. Errand's contest between humanity and the forces of darkness is one of the seminal dance/theater portraits of the age. The gothic culture leads young, susceptible minds into an imagined world of evil, darkness, and violence. The reaction to the show at the time was that many people phoned the police and warned them that the forces of darkness had been unleashed upon the nation. This statement undoubtedly means that the angels are ruled, controlled, and dominated by darkness and wickedness until the judgement day. I don't want to sound like a preacher, but there is no way that this can continue and I for one am not going to bend over to these forces of darkness. This awakening symbolises the triumph of good, winning against the evil forces of darkness that are represented by the winter. It will be like a spiritual spring clean, and nothing of darkness or evil will dwell in there again. He grows up in a secret government agency, being educated and trained as a defender against the forces of darkness. The hero triumphs, finds himself a good woman, and defeats the forces of darkness. One has an awful feeling that the forces of darkness are going to win here. Synonyms evil, wickedness, corruption, sin, sinfulness, iniquity, immorality, devilry, the devil, hell 2.1 Unhappiness, distress, or gloom. moments of darkness were rare Example sentencesExamples There are moments of impenetrable psychotic darkness, followed swiftly by wry humor. Not all elements of Tent City life are shrouded in gloom and darkness, however. He could only think of the future, gloom and darkness without her. May its vision and hope sustain us in our moments of darkness. While Willow going dark is interesting temporarily, Buffy's depression and flirting with darkness is much more interesting. He looks away, silent for a moment, then recounts the weeks of darkness and pain administered by hard-nosed soldiers. One also should know one's own limitations… There is so much misery and darkness. How were things going, I asked him, putting on a show of cheerfulness, hoping that he was seeing some ray of light in the present darkness? The Russian government was a constant shadow in the corner, always lurking, always promising darkness and misery. Fraser, for her part, has certainly come through the darknesses of three years ago. He could keep them, had kept them there with only the faint shadows colouring his thoughts with darkness, but not yet, not now. Szentkuthy stood as a beacon in this darkness of misery and cruelty. Besieged by the headlines, he sits isolated in his own dejected box of darkness, looking like the face of mourning America. Only wisdom, rationality and compassion will deliver us from this spiraling descent to the final moment of darkness. What I wanted was darkness, unhappiness… I thought of giving Xander a call back. Depression is the result of all these hidden sadnesses, darkness, and feelings of guilt that have been buried deeply in the heart. Like her inspiration, Billie Holliday, her voice has the power to create beauty out of moments and times of darkness. The songs on Mobilize are relatively unremarkable but Phillips' voice has the ability to evoke thoughts of darkness, gloom and ecstasy. Just the name - borough of crows! - suggests darkness and gloom. As the night falls, darkness vanquishes his faculties and he yearns for some safe haven to hide therein. 2.2 Secrecy or mystery. they drew a veil of darkness across the proceedings Example sentencesExamples He closed his eyes tiredly and scenes from the night that changed his life seemed to have played itself in the unfathomed darkness of his mind. Reluctantly, the girl plunged herself back into her world of darkness and blind uncertainty. And the story's darkness and moral ambiguity increase the film's power and appeal. It was a typically sunny February afternoon in Delhi, but I felt a cloud of impenetrable darkness. Haynes gives Frank little interior life and casts him into the darkness, trapped in a life of secrecy. There is energy and mischief, but it is always countered by mystery and darkness. He asks that we lift the veil and cast out the darkness. We are naive, in a certain sense; our existence is veiled in darkness, unarticulated. His darkness and mystery were personified in the character being a Vampiric elf. His arrival was shrouded in darkness and secrecy. A black veil of darkness comes over her face as she holds onto the desk for support. This is what she wanted, but the thought of what she might find out was a huge darkness of uncertainty before her. It is all calm and quiet and every where a mysterious silence, a terrifying darkness and death-like silence. Synonyms secrecy, obscurity, ambiguity, ambiguousness, uncertainty, impenetrability, vagueness, nebulousness 2.3 Lack of spiritual or intellectual enlightenment; ignorance. his accomplishments shone in a world of darkness Example sentencesExamples It is ironic that these years of intense activity and growth were also years of spiritual darkness for Jane. My friend might simply be colluding with me in my darkness, in my ignorance, in a kind of co-dependent relationship. The Holy land of India was in the throes of spiritual darkness. Today this world is covered with spiritual darkness crime violence, vice cheating, lying, stealing, killing. Can one colour adequately depict the twists and turns of fate, the moments of chance and mis-chance, the shades of light and darkness that have shaped your destiny? It's not true the world's oldest continent was merely an area of darkness that submissively awaited enlightenment. Like most of the liberals they thought of Protestantism as the first step on the way from medieval darkness to enlightenment. The tamasic category includes meat and is attributed to a state of darkness, ignorance, lethargy and inactivity. As the conventional story goes, once upon a time the West slumbered in intellectual darkness. While the Byzantine Empire was flourishing, western Europe languished in spiritual and cultural darkness. The reason for the veil is the spiritual darkness of the human condition. Yet in what darkness, what dense ignorance, was the mental battle fought! Science and Reason were the new colossi which would sweep aside medieval superstition that kept us in darkness and ignorance. Now that's an ancient account of one person's journey from moral and spiritual darkness to faith in the Christian God. A Russian proverb says that education is light; lack of education is darkness. For him, the tribes he encounters on the banks of the Niger live in spiritual darkness. You were called out of spiritual deadness and sinful darkness by mercy, through mercy, and for mercy. We are fast drifting into an era of great spiritual darkness! We dance out our lives across darkness and light. Those states in which the results of karma are perceived or enjoyed are in fact the states of darkness, characterized by ignorance.
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