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Meanings of darkness in English

Russian
мрак
Portuguese
escuro
Spanish
oscuridad
Catalan
tenebra
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Lack of light.

      Related terms
      мрак
      Portuguese
      iniqüidade
      Catalan
      iniquitat
      Spanish
      maldad

      Absence of moral or spiritual values.

            iniqüidade
            Spanish
            morenez

            A swarthy complexion.

                  morenez
                  Portuguese
                  escuridade
                  Catalan
                  foscor
                  Spanish
                  oscuridad

                  Having a dark or somber color.

                        escuridade
                        Usage of darkness in English
                        1
                        The man rolled them back; another vista lost itself in the darkness.
                        The Jungle
                        2
                        He went out in the garden in the darkness of the night.
                        Man and Wife
                        3
                        I am in the lowest place, in the darkness and the deep.
                        The Altar Fire
                        4
                        The anguish in her soul almost resented the break in the darkness.
                        Missing
                        5
                        The precipice grew in the darkness; the vertical rock had no ending.
                        The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
                        6
                        There is everywhere at night in China the original fear of darkness.
                        The Ragged Edge
                        7
                        And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.'
                        Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
                        8
                        They slipped away in the darkness and hid themselves in the grove.
                        The Tragedy of the Korosko
                        9
                        He grinned in the darkness, feeling good about the definite work ahead.
                        I Am Legend
                        10
                        We were grappling in darkness in the absence of the required guidance.
                        Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press
                        11
                        Heavy green-black gas fumes swirled in it; darkness and silence closed down.
                        Wandl the Invader
                        12
                        A little later the white colony on the mesa was in darkness.
                        Sunny Slopes
                        13
                        The people sat in darkness, in the region and shadow of death.
                        Sketches of the Covenanters
                        14
                        The darkness was tangible; it seemed to envelop her in heavy folds.
                        The Day of the Beast
                        15
                        Below them in the darkness the yellow flood poured in noisy volume.
                        The Just and the Unjust
                        16
                        The last wagon disappeared up the trail in the dust and darkness.
                        The Voyage of the Rattletrap
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