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(n)
The quality of being dusky.
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The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
(uncountable) Deviation from what is right; gross injustice, sin, wickedness.
The property of being swarthy.
A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
The state of being unknown; a thing that is unknown.
(countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
(uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
(adj)
Having an absence of light, such as at night-time.
Deliberate obscurity or vagueness.
A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
Something providing shade.
A depressing, despondent, or melancholic atmosphere.
The condition of being blind; unable to see.
(obsolete) Gloom; obscurity; duskiness.
Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
Not clearly or explicitly defined.
A movement backwards or opposite to the intended or normal motion.
The state or quality of being black in colour.
(countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.
An underground or underwater passage.
(film and television, uncountable) Film noir.
A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupé)
Any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin.
(N)
a 1959 American independent drama film directed by John Cassavetes about race relations during the Beat Generation years in New York City.
Dark, murky.
The state or condition of being gloomy.
The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object.
(figuratively, literary) Dark and gloomy.
The state of being dim.
The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.
The state or quality of being tenebrose or tenebrous.
The state or quality of being murky.
The close of the day; the coming of night.
(now rare) Twilight.
Obsolete spelling of darkness. [(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.]
(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
A shadowy or borderline area, where normal rules and boundaries do not apply.
The characteristic of being bleak.
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
(frequently figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
Lacking light; unilluminated; dark.
The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).
The act of something becoming darker.
The state or condition of being forsaken.
(sometimes attributive) The light reflected from the Moon (which seems as if it emanates from it).
Partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.
(countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.
The state of being desolate or barren.
A lack of hope; despair.
The state or condition of being unlovely; ugliness.
(now rare) The state of being alone; loneliness, solitariness.
The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
The state or feeling of being empty.
(fantasy) A creature that lives in the dark.
The state of being desolated or laid waste
Alternative form of greyness. [The quality or state of being grey.]
The characteristic of being dreary.
(literary) The deepest part. (Usually of a body of water.)
The characteristic of being dreadful.
the characteristic of being sightless; blindness
The relative lack of heat.
The characteristic or quality of being grim.
The condition or state of being alone or having no companions.
Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
(uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
Twilight of morning or evening; the gloaming.
(uncountable) unhappiness, woe
Illuminated by or as if by twilight; half-lit
(poetic, literary) Dreary.
The quality of being ominous.
The quality or state of being grey.
All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun; especially, that in the visible spectrum and that bathes the Earth.
The perceived luminance of an object.
The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.
The condition of being ugly.
The quality of being uninteresting; boring; humorless or irksome.
Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.
The state or quality of being unreal.
Of or relating to Lucifer.
The quality of being ghostly.
Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.
Very bright (as if to cause blindness).
A state of heat and light being emitted by a hot object.
The condition of being eerie.
Light emitted from stars.
The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity.
The quality of being misty.
The absence of any sound.
(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.