DARKNESS
\dˈɑːknəs], \dˈɑːknəs], \d_ˈɑː_k_n_ə_s]\
Definitions of DARKNESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"
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absence of light or illumination
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absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"
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a swarthy complexion
By Princeton University
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an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"
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absence of light or illumination
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absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"
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a swarthy complexion
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.
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A state of privacy; secrecy.
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A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity.
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Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.
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A state of distress or trouble.
By Oddity Software
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The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.
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A state of privacy; secrecy.
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A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity.
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Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.
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A state of distress or trouble.
By Noah Webster.
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Absence of light, partial or total; obscurity; gloom; physical obscurity of vision; blindness; wickedness; mental or moral blindness; as the darkness of ignorance.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The state or condition, physical, intellectual, or spiritual, in which things are dark, invisible, or obscure.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Absence of light; obscurity;—want of clearance or perspicuity;—a state of privacy; secrecy;—a state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity;—a state of distress or trouble; calamity; perplexity.
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