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Meanings of darkness (darknesses) in English

Russian
мрак
Portuguese
escuro
Spanish
oscuridad
Catalan
tenebra
Wikidata

Lack of light.

      Related terms
      мрак
      Portuguese
      iniqüidade
      Catalan
      iniquitat
      Spanish
      maldad

      Absence of moral or spiritual values.

            iniqüidade
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            Examples for "dark"
            Examples for "dark"
            1
            They were buried in dust in the dark room in the clock-tower.
            J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 / The Haunted Baronet (1...
            2
            No, no; that would be luxurious; let us chat in the dark.
            The Wandering Jew — Volume 02
            3
            No, no; the man who is in the dark is in safety.
            The Refugees / A Tale of Two Continents
            4
            The leader is a dark-brown stallion; the mares are lighter in colour.
            From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
            5
            I'd felt dark power similar to this before today-similar ,butnot identical.
            Dead beat
            1
            Diane Abbott, shadow public health minister, said government was not doing enough.
            The Guardian
            2
            Events surrounding CervicalCheck continue to cast a shadow over the health service.
            The Irish Times
            3
            Drummond employees say they continue working under the shadow of paramilitary violence.
            Reuters
            4
            One place for future corporate executives to find shadow-cabinet members: business school.
            BBC
            5
            The shadow energy secretary, Greg Clark, said: Conservatives strongly support this campaign.
            The Guardian
            1
            In the wet lightlessness, somewhere, a baby cried.
            The Illustrated Man
            2
            Stanner gave a huge, whooping scream and Diment swung the ax up and brought it down in the laundry's shadowy lightlessness.
            Night Shift
            3
            Like the Lightlessness itself, Jared could feel the terror closing in on him too.
            Dark Universe
            Spanish
            morenez

            A swarthy complexion.

                  morenez
                  Portuguese
                  escuridade
                  Catalan
                  foscor
                  Spanish
                  oscuridad

                  Having a dark or somber color.

                        escuridade
                        Usage of darknesses in English
                        1
                        We, as personalities, float like fog-wisps through glooms and darknesses and light-flashings.
                        The Little Lady of the Big House
                        2
                        The darknesses were astonished at it, but they were also uncomprehending and hostile.
                        Overland: A Novel
                        3
                        Dale knew that there were still darknesses he was afraid of.
                        Summer of Night
                        4
                        Mantis eyes were good but they could not manage the deepest of darknesses.
                        Empire in black and gold
                        5
                        Not always have we had to go alone and unprepared into uncharted darknesses.
                        The Secret Places of the Heart
                        6
                        We made ourselves comfortable there on the bridge between two darknesses.
                        The Great Book of Amber
                        7
                        Caim hopped away from the teeming darknesses and maneuvered closer to the bed.
                        Shadow's son
                        8
                        The soldiers vanished back into the darknesses round the kitchen.
                        The Dark Forest
                        9
                        The visitors moved on and away, the darknesses sealing up their tenants and receding.
                        Imajica: Complete Edition
                        10
                        The darknesses, finished with their meal, pooled around his feet.
                        Shadow's son
                        11
                        As E. M. Forster wrote, We move between two darknesses.
                        The Irish Times
                        12
                        When he looked down, the darknesses were all around him.
                        Shadow's son
                        13
                        There are darknesses in life, and there are lights; you are one of the lights.
                        Dracula
                        14
                        Yes, His darknesses are appointed ways to His light.
                        My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year
                        15
                        Mr. Whistler's nights are the blue transparent darknesses which are half of the world's life.
                        Modern Painting
                        16
                        For a while his soul sank down into the uncongenial darknesses of these creeds of despair.
                        Mr. Britling Sees It Through
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