Darkness

Darkness
Darkness Dark"ness, n. 1. The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom. [1913 Webster]

And darkness was upon the face of the deep. --Gen. i. 2. [1913 Webster]

2. A state of privacy; secrecy. [1913 Webster]

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light. --Matt. x. 27. [1913 Webster]

3. A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity. [1913 Webster]

Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. --John. iii. 19. [1913 Webster]

Pursue these sons of darkness: drive them out From all heaven's bounds. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

4. Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion. [1913 Webster]

5. A state of distress or trouble. [1913 Webster]

A day of clouds and of thick darkness. --Joel. ii. 2. [1913 Webster]

{Prince of darkness}, the Devil; Satan. ``In the power of the Prince of darkness.'' --Locke.

Syn: {Darkness}, {Dimness}, {Obscurity}, {Gloom}.

Usage: Darkness arises from a total, and dimness from a partial, want of light. A thing is obscure when so overclouded or covered as not to be easily perceived. As tha shade or obscurity increases, it deepens into gloom. What is dark is hidden from view; what is obscure is difficult to perceive or penetrate; the eye becomes dim with age; an impending storm fills the atmosphere with gloom. When taken figuratively, these words have a like use; as, the darkness of ignorance; dimness of discernment; obscurity of reasoning; gloom of superstition. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Darkness — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Darkness Collage con fotos y boletas de Darkness Información personal Origen …   Wikipedia Español

  • Darkness — bezeichnet eine amerikanische Comicserie aus dem Verlag Image, siehe The Darkness (Comic) ein auf diesen Comic basierendes Videospiel, siehe The Darkness (Computerspiel) ein Eurodance Projekt, initiiert von Bülent Aris und Toni Cottura, siehe… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • darkness — [n1] place, time that is unlit black, blackness, blackout, brownout, calignosity, Cimmerian shade, cloudiness, crepuscule, dark, dimness, dusk, duskiness, eclipse, gloom, lightlessness, murk, murkiness, nightfall, obscurity, pitch darkness, shade …   New thesaurus

  • Darkness, I — (1994) is the third and final novel in The Blood Opera Sequence by Tanith Lee …   Wikipedia

  • darkness — index ignorance, nescience, obscuration, opacity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • darkness — O.E. deorcnysse, from DARK (Cf. dark) + NESS (Cf. ness). Figurative use is recorded from mid 14c …   Etymology dictionary

  • Darkness — Dark redirects here. For other uses, see Dark (disambiguation). This article is about the absence of light. For other uses, see Darkness (disambiguation). Light shining on a part of a bush. Where light is not reflected, there is darkness.… …   Wikipedia

  • darkness — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, pitch, total, utter ▪ The building was in pitch darkness. ▪ deep, inky ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • Darkness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Darkness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 darkness darkness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 blackness blackness &c.(dark color) 431 Sgm: N 1 obscurity obscurity gloom murk Sgm: N 1 dusk dusk …   English dictionary for students

  • Darkness —    The plague (the ninth) of darkness in Egypt (Ex. 10:21) is described as darkness which may be felt. It covered all the land of Egypt, so that they saw not one another. It did not extend to the land of Goshen (ver. 23).    When Jesus hung upon… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”