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 Definitions of Darkness  [ˈdɑrk nɪs]  

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Definition of 'Darkness' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) darkness
the state or quality of being dark.

2.  darkness
absence or deficiency of light:
the darkness of night.

3.  darkness
wickedness or evil:
the forces of darkness.

4.  darkness
obscurity; concealment.

5.  darkness
lack of knowledge or enlightenment.

6.  darkness
lack of sight; blindness.

Etymology:  (bef. 1050)

Definition of 'Darkness' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) dark, darkness
absence of light or illumination

2. (noun) darkness, dark, shadow
an unilluminated area
"he moved off into the darkness"

3. (noun) iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark
absence of moral or spiritual values
"the powers of darkness"

4. (noun) dark, darkness
an unenlightened state
"he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"

5. (noun) darkness
having a dark or somber color

6. (noun) darkness, duskiness, swarthiness
a swarthy complexion


Definition of 'Darkness' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) darkness
lack of light
We couldn't see her in the darkness.


Definition of 'Darkness' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Darkness
the absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom

2. (noun) Darkness
a state of privacy; secrecy

3. (noun) Darkness
a state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity

4. (noun) Darkness
want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion

5. (noun) Darkness
a state of distress or trouble


Definition of 'Darkness' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  Darkness
The absence of light.


Translation of 'Darkness' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the state of being dark.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: donker, donkerte Arabic flag Arabic: ظُلْمَه، ظَلام Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: тъмнина
Brazilian flag Brazilian: escuridão Czech flag Czech: tma, temnota German flag German: die Dunkelheit
Danish flag Danish: mørke Greek flag Greek: σκοτεινιά Spanish flag Spanish: oscuridad
Estonian flag Estonian: pimedus Farsi flag Farsi: تاریکی Finnish flag Finnish: pimeys
French flag French: obscurité Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֲפֵילָה, חֲשֵיכָה Hindi flag Hindi: अंधकार, धुंधलापन, अज्ञानत
Croatian flag Croatian: tama, tmina Hungarian flag Hungarian: sötétség Indonesian flag Indonesian: kegelapan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: dimma, myrkur Italian flag Italian: oscurità Japanese flag Japanese: やみ
Korean flag Korean: 어두움 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tamsa Latvian flag Latvian: tumsa; neziņa
Malay flag Malay: kegelapan Dutch flag Dutch: donker Norwegian flag Norwegian: mørke, mørkhet
Polish flag Polish: ciemność Persian flag Persian: تاریکی Pashto flag Pashto: ټیاړ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: escuridão Romanian flag Romanian: întu­neric, obscuritate Russian flag Russian: темнота
Slovak flag Slovak: tma Slovenian flag Slovenian: tema Serbian flag Serbian: zamračenost
Swedish flag Swedish: mörker Thai flag Thai: ความมืด Turkish flag Turkish: karanlık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 黑暗 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: темнота; темрява Urdu flag Urdu: تاریکی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tình trạng tối Chinese flag Chinese: 黑暗

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