darkness
/ˈdɑɹk.nɪs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.30 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The darkness of the room made it difficult to see."
- "Over everything was darkness and thick silence, and the smell of dust and sunflowers."
- "Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear."
- "Darkness imprisoning me / All that I see / Absolute horror / I cannot live / I cannot die / Trapped in myself / Body my holding cell"
- "The darkness of her skin betrayed her Mediterranean heritage."
- "Out of the darkness came some flickers of light."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɑɹk.nɪs/
- British English: /ˈdɑːk.nəs/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
act of darkness
better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness
better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness
crater of eternal darkness
Egyptian darkness
nymph of darkness