Synonyms for darkness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dahrk-nis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɑrk nɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for darkness Other synonyms for the word darkness
Définition of darkness
Origin :- Old English deorcnysse, from dark + -ness. Figurative use is recorded from mid-14c.
- noun place, time that is unlit
- noun ignorance; mystery
- The darkness of a terrible storm hid it from the eye of man.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- There was good feed all around, but we could not, from the darkness, find any water.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- "She won't be married," he whispered to himself in the darkness.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- She saw it was reasonable: what fellowship can light have with darkness, or love with starvation?
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- How was ever such a child of the darkness to come to love the light?
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Through the cold and darkness came a shriek that chilled her with horror.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Here in the darkness he could hold the situation for a moment.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The coachman and his horses were both invisible, and nothing but darkness was about the boy.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- If no one was there, he had a lesson to impart, based on the silence and the darkness.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Sometimes he has spent centuries in darkness, where he could neither read nor write.
- Extract from : « Time's Portraiture » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Antonyms for darkness
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