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darkness
noun as in absence of light
Strong matches
blackout, brownout, crepuscule, dimness, eclipse, lightlessness, murk, murkiness, nightfall, pitch-darkness, shade, shadows, twilight
Weak matches
noun as in gloom, grimness
Strongest matches
bleakness, despair, despondency, dysphoria, gloom, grimness, melancholy, morbidity, negativity
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in concealment, secrecy
Strong matches
noun as in lack of awareness
Example Sentences
I felt frantic; a profound sense of powerlessness and loss of balance in the total darkness came over me.
She added: “When you’ve been up here so long, you get used to the quiet and the darkness.”
He pretended to be dead and then managed to crawl back to his regiment under the cover of darkness.
As darkness fell, the first vehicles were eventually allowed to leave the massive police cordon.
The boisterous buzz makes it an essential part of the day for fans, who arrive in morning darkness to stake their spot, while latecomers, irked at missing out, slope off down the fairway.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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