Want to find out what does the word darkness mean? We gathered all the possible definitions of the word darkness on our website. Our definition dictionary is updated all the time with new definitions and is ready to help you.
darkness
Part of speech: NounAbsence of light, partial or total; obscurity; gloom; physical obscurity of vision; blindness; wickedness; mental or moral blindness; as the darkness of ignorance.
Usage examples "darkness":- So I slipped out into the darkness and cried 'Father, ' but I could not go back, and I knew not what to do. - "Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush", Ian Maclaren.
- They went, in the night and darkness, across the street, saying nothing. - "Ester Ried", Pansy (aka. Isabella M. Alden).
- She was about so high," holding out his hands in the darkness. - "Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up Bar-20", Clarence Edward Mulford.