Antonyms for darkness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dahrk-nis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɑrk nɪs


Definition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for darkness

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