darkness
[noun]
Synonyms: dark, blackness, duskiness, gloom, murk, nightfall, shade, shadows

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

Dark‧ness, The /ˈdɑːknəs, ˈdɑːknɪs $ ˈdɑːrk-/
a British ROCK GROUP whose songs include I Believe in a Thing called Love and Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End). The main singer is Justin Hawkins.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

dark‧ness W3 /ˈdɑːknəs, ˈdɑːknɪs $ ˈdɑːrk-/ noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: adjective: dark, darkened, darkening; noun: dark, darkness; verb: darken; adverb: darkly]

1. when there is no light:
the long hours of darkness during winter
in darkness
The lamp suddenly went out, leaving us in darkness.
total/pitch/complete darkness
The room was in total darkness.
We lit our campfire as darkness fell (=it became night).
He stared out the window at the gathering darkness (=the night slowly coming).

2. evil or the devil:
His smooth manner covered a heart of darkness.
the forces/powers of darkness (=the devil or evil people)

3. the dark quality of a colour:
the darkness of the lenses

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

darkness
noun
ADJ. complete, pitch, total The building was in pitch darkness.
deep, inky the inky darkness of the tunnel
gathering It was becoming impossible to see the map in the gathering darkness.
VERB + DARKNESS be plunged into The electricity failed and the house was plunged into darkness.
lie in, stand in The valley lay in darkness.
DARKNESS + VERB come, close in, descend, fall We arrived at the village just as darkness fell.
lift waiting for the darkness to lift
PREP. in (the) ~ The building was in darkness. Her eyes seemed to glow in the darkness.
into the ~ The car disappeared into the darkness.
out of the ~ A figure appeared out of the darkness.
PHRASES the hours of darkness The bombing took place during the hours of darkness.
under cover of darkness They moved about under cover of darkness.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

darkness

complete/total darkness
It was late and all the houses in the village were in total darkness.
pitch darkness (=complete darkness)
We ended up coming down the mountain in pitch darkness.
deep/thick darkness literary:
All around her was the deep darkness of a winter night.
gathering/growing darkness literary (=night that is slowly coming)
The garden was almost invisible now in the gathering darkness.
darkness falls/comes (also darkness descends literary)
As darkness fell, rescue workers had to give up the search.
darkness closes in literary (=it becomes darker outside)
The rain turned to snow and darkness closed in.
be plunged into darkness (=be suddenly in darkness because the lights go out)
Suddenly the electricity went off and we were plunged into darkness.
the hours of darkness (=the night)
Desert animals come out during the hours of darkness when its cool.
under cover of darkness (=when darkness makes you less likely to be seen)
The attack was planned to take place under cover of darkness.

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