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How to pronounce darkness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dark
Type of illumination
Has types blackness, blackout, brownout, black, dimout, lightlessness, night, pitch blackness, semidarkness, total darkness
Type Words
Synonyms dark, wickedness
Type of condition, status
Has types foulness
Derivation dark


the powers of darkness.
Type Words
Synonyms dark
Type of unenlightenment
Derivation dark


his lectures dispelled the darkness.
Type Words
Synonyms duskiness, swarthiness
Type of skin color, complexion, skin colour
Type Words
Synonyms dark, shadow
Type of scene
Derivation dark


he moved off into the darkness.
Type Words
Type of value
Derivation dark

Examples of darkness

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The moment I stepped onto the deck, his raspy voice boomed through the darkness.
From the businessweek.com
We followed the terrorists into the darkness and temporarily forgot who we were.
From the post-gazette.com
I am also frightened of darkness and of ghosts lurking in every nook and cranny.
From the bbc.co.uk
Those who emerged after darkness fell said they saw fires raging out of control.
From the online.wsj.com
Yet for all of the bronze darkness of her voice, it also rose to a gleaming top.
From the washingtonpost.com
We circled back toward Galbraith, found him in the darkness, and fished him out.
From the theatlantic.com
In the Monday darkness, another school week at Virginia Tech was about to begin.
From the washingtonpost.com
An outpost at a lunar pole would get seven months of light and five of darkness.
From the columbusdispatch.com
Especially against the Big Ten, for whom Pete Carroll is the prince of darkness.
From the usatoday.com
More examples
  • Dark: absence of light or illumination
  • An unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"
  • Iniquity: absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"
  • Dark: an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"
  • Having a dark or somber color
  • A swarthy complexion
  • Darkness, in contrast with brightness, is a relative absence of visible light. It is the appearance of black in a color space. When light is not present, rod and cone cells within the eye are not stimulated. ...
  • Darkness (a.k.a Darkness: The Vampire Version and Leif Jonker's Darkness) is an independent horror film released in 1993. The film was made in 1991, with a budget roughly around $5,000. Jonker, 19 at the time, wrote, directed, edited, produced the film. ...
  • Darkness is a 2002 Spanish-American horror film directed by Jaume Balagueru00F3 and starring Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen, Giancarlo Giannini and Fele Martu00EDnez. The film was produced by Julio Fernu00E1ndez and Brian Yuzna...