Darkness synonyms
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Darkness; dimness; obscurity
Cimmerian shade
Absence of light
unenlightenment
Ignorance
(Military) protection from observation or surveillance
The state of being dim, poorly illuminated, almost dark.
(Theology) Deliberate disobedience to the known will of God.
(Uncountable) Nightfall.
Dense fog.
The darker stage of twilight, especially in the evening.
The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
Egyptian blackness
Absence of light
The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
The definition of an iniquity is a sin or wrong doing.
Something that is evil but is supposed to be good.
evil (related)
An evil force, power, or personification.
The partial or complete obscuring, relative to a designated observer, of one celestial body by another.
shadowiness
The state or property of being shadowy.
smokiness
The state or quality of being smoky.
(Now rare) Twilight.
The property of being obscure (e.g. information).
Opacity is defined as the quality of not letting light pass through, or hard to understand.
The state or quality of being somber.
swarthiness
The property of being swarthy.
Dark coloration of the skin, hair, fur, or feathers because of a high concentration of melanin.
Stygian darkness
Absence of light
shades of evening
Absence of light
shades of night
Absence of light
palpable darkness
Absence of light
The state of being backward.
The quality of being benighted.
inscrutability
The condition of being inscrutable
The act of secluding:
The doctrine or belief that the evil in life outweighs the good
night (related)
The period of actual darkness after sunset and before sunrise; also, a part of this period before bedtime [a night at the opera] or the part between bedtime and morning [a sleepless night]
ignorance (related)
The definition of ignorance is being unaware, uneducated or unknowledgeable.
mystery (related)
Mystery is defined as something that is a secret, something where there is no clear explanation, something difficult to understand or explain or something unexplainable or unsolvable.
secrecy (related)
A tendency to keep things secret; practice or habit of being secretive
infuscation
The act of darkening.
The definition of isolation is the state of being alone or away from others.
(Uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
The quality or condition of being secluded from the presence or view of others:
An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
The state of being unaware
comprehension (antonym)
The knowledge that is acquired in this way.
knowledge (antonym)
Understanding
sense (antonym)
A sense is defined as a way that the body perceives external stimuli, or is an awareness or feeling about something.
sensibility (antonym)
enlightening (antonym)
ignorance
understanding (antonym)
intelligence (antonym)
The ability to acquire, understand, and use knowledge:
cognizance (antonym)
The definition of cognizance means the range of what one can observe and understand, or the right to deal with a legal case in the court system.
brightness (antonym)
The effect or sensation by means of which an observer is able to distinguish differences in luminance.
lightness (antonym)
The state of being light, not heavy
illumination (antonym)
The definition of an illumination is the act or process of making something clearer or brighter or a device for doing so.
light (antonym)
The light from the sun; daylight or dawn
day (antonym)
The portion of a 24-hour period that is devoted to work, school, or business:
daylight (antonym)
(Countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
blackishness
The quality of being blackish.
duskness
funereality
intransparency
The characteristic of being opaque.
swartness
The quality or state of being swart.
turbidness
The state or condition of being turbid.
pitch darkness
Absence of light
The approach of darkness; dusk.
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