darkness
The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
Example
“The darkness of the room made it difficult to see.”
Other meanings
The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.
“The darkness of her skin betrayed her Mediterranean heritage.”
Any space that such colour pervades.
“Out of the darkness came some flickers of light.”
Antonyms
- lightness
- light
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "deorcnes".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “darkness” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.