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darkness
noun as in absence of light
Strong matches
blackout, brownout, crepuscule, dimness, eclipse, lightlessness, murk, murkiness, nightfall, pitch-darkness, shade, shadows, twilight
Weak matches
noun as in gloom, grimness
Strongest matches
bleakness, despair, despondency, dysphoria, gloom, grimness, melancholy, morbidity, negativity
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Weak match
noun as in concealment, secrecy
Strong matches
noun as in lack of awareness
Example Sentences
You will need to stay away from city lights and give yourself a good 20 minutes to let your eyes adjust to the darkness.
If I were to give into the darkness — and I've come close — she would follow close behind.
Months of weekends were spent digging the 40ft tunnel, with debris being taken away in plastic boxes under cover of darkness.
The five-day festival, celebrated by Sikhs and Jains as well as Hindus, symbolises new beginnings, the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance.
That was the darkness before the light for Dems: While Republicans won the Prop.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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