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Synonyms for darkness
ˈdɑrk nɪsdark·ness
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
darkness
Synonyms:
blackness, dark, dimness, dusk, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shade, shadowAntonyms:
blaze, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glistening, glistering, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luster, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, shining, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling
Princeton's WordNet
dark, darknessnoun
absence of light or illumination
Synonyms:
duskiness, shadow, swarthiness, night, dark, nighttime, wickedness, iniquityAntonyms:
lightnessdarkness, dark, shadownoun
an unilluminated area
"he moved off into the darkness"
Synonyms:
nighttime, fantasm, shadower, night, phantom, shadow, iniquity, tincture, dark, wickedness, trace, phantasm, vestige, swarthiness, tail, phantasma, duskiness, apparitionAntonyms:
lightnessiniquity, wickedness, darkness, darknoun
absence of moral or spiritual values
"the powers of darkness"
Synonyms:
swarthiness, immorality, shabbiness, sinfulness, lousiness, sin, ugliness, shadow, nighttime, iniquity, night, dark, wickedness, evil, duskiness, unfairness, sliminess, repulsiveness, nefariousness, loathsomeness, vileness, injusticeAntonyms:
lightnessdark, darknessnoun
an unenlightened state
"he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"
Synonyms:
duskiness, shadow, swarthiness, night, dark, nighttime, wickedness, iniquityAntonyms:
lightnessdarknessnoun
having a dark or somber color
Synonyms:
wickedness, swarthiness, iniquity, dark, duskiness, shadowAntonyms:
lightnessdarkness, duskiness, swarthinessnoun
a swarthy complexion
Synonyms:
duskiness, shadow, swarthiness, dark, wickedness, dimness, iniquityAntonyms:
lightness
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Editors Contribution
evenfall
it is dark out at evenfall.
Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
darknessnoun
Synonyms:
obscurity, dimness, dark, want of lightdarknessnoun
Synonyms:
ignorance, blindness, want of knowledgedarknessnoun
Synonyms:
gloom, despondency, cheerlessness, joylessness
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
darknessnoun
Synonyms:
obscurity, shadow, dimness, gloom, infuscation, murkiness, obfuscation, tenebrosity, unenlightenment
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #271 | black | |
| #594 | night | |
| #1640 | dark | |
| #3009 | evil | |
| #3994 | sin | |
| #4505 | shadow | |
| #5503 | trace | |
| #5936 | tail | |
| #6663 | darkness | |
| #8025 | shade | |
| #9683 | phantom | |
| #17473 | injustice | |
| #18076 | dusk | |
| #25864 | nighttime | |
| #28338 | gloom | |
| #36428 | obscurity | |
| #39121 | wickedness | |
| #40660 | iniquity | |
| #45658 | blackness | |
| #50492 | apparition | |
| #51887 | tincture | |
| #52055 | immorality | |
| #58948 | unfairness | |
| #59093 | ugliness | |
| #73055 | phantasm | |
| #84046 | vestige | |
| #101206 | sinfulness | |
| #172856 | dimness | |
| #205540 | vileness | |
| #248162 | obscurantism | |
| #330484 | gloominess |
How to use darkness in a sentence?
Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani:
My region provides ample evidence of this: the grievances of the Palestinians since the Nakba, seventy years ago, remain stubbornly in place; conflict without resolution in Syria, Libya, and now Yemen. The suffering of people in my region may appear distant to an audience in Munich, but the waves of refugees make these injustices a European concern. And the darkness of terrorism now casts a shadow on the entire world.”
While the world sleeps, darkness and silence are awake.
I've found that it touched things in my own life from my history and bringing it in to today that's been real special, i just hope that I've been able to be a spark of inspiration for anybody right now that might be struggling in the darkness. ' The Masked Singer' ALUMS OFFER ADVICE TO UPCOMING PERFORMERS :' Jenny McCarthy'LL ACTUALLY SHOCK YOURSELF' Scherzinger also ended the season with a win. The Masked Singer took home the Golden Ear trophy for the most correct guesses by a judge during the sixth season. The Queen of Hearts in the two-hour holiday themed Season 6 finale of.
Mimesis is darkness, create your own light, the brighter inner light, the brighter it shines
Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.
Translations for darkness
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- алашьцараAbkhaz
- ظلامArabic
- qaranlıqAzerbaijani
- цемра, змрокBelarusian
- мрак, тъмнинаBulgarian
- tenebres, foscor, negrorCatalan, Valencian
- temnota, tmaCzech
- тьмаOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- tywyllwchWelsh
- mørkeDanish
- Dunkelheit, FinsternisGerman
- vivitiEwe
- σκοτάδι, ζόφος, έρεβοςGreek
- tenebro, mallumoEsperanto
- oscuridadSpanish
- pimedusEstonian
- تاریکی, تیرگیPersian
- pimeys, synkkyysFinnish
- sombreur, noirceur, obscurité, ténèbresFrench
- tsjusternisWestern Frisian
- dorchadasIrish
- dorchadas, dubhar, dubhScottish Gaelic
- escuridade, negror, tebrasGalician
- חשיכהHebrew
- अन्धेरा, अंधेराHindi
- sötétség, sHungarian
- խավար, մթությունArmenian
- kegelapanIndonesian
- tenebroIdo
- myrkur, dimma, ljósleysa, niflIcelandic
- oscurità, buioItalian
- חושךHebrew
- 闇, 暗黒Japanese
- სიბნელეGeorgian
- қараңғылықKazakh
- ភាពងងឹតKhmer
- 暗黑, 암흑, 어둠Korean
- تاریکیKurdish
- obscuritas, tenebrae, caligo, tenebrisLatin
- Donkelheet, DäischtertLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- tamsaLithuanian
- tumsaLatvian
- ny maìzinaMalagasy
- hinapouriMāori
- अंधारMarathi
- mørkeNorwegian
- schemering, donkerheid, duisternisDutch
- mørker, mørkeNorwegian Nynorsk
- mørkeNorwegian
- chahałheełNavajo, Navaho
- ciemność, mrokPolish
- trevas, escuridão, escuroPortuguese
- negreală, întuneric, întristare, întunecime, tristețeRomanian
- тьма, темнота́, потёмки, мрак, темнотаRussian
- tamnoća, mračnost, mračnina, tama, тамаSerbo-Croatian
- temnota, tmaSlovak
- temaSlovene
- terr, errësirë, mugëtirëAlbanian
- mörker, mSwedish
- இருள்Tamil
- అంధకారము, చీకటిTelugu
- ความมืดThai
- kadilimanTagalog
- karanlıkTurkish
- темрява, морок, тьма, темнотаUkrainian
- اندھیرا, اندھیرےUrdu
- bóng tốiVietnamese
- פינצטערנישYiddish
- 黑暗Chinese
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