darkness

darkness is a 8-letter English word with 11 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.
2. noun. A state of privacy; secrecy.
3. noun. A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity.
4. noun. Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.
5. noun. A state of distress or trouble.
6. noun. a swarthy complexion

   Synonyms: duskiness, swarthiness

7. noun. having a dark or somber color
8. noun. an unenlightened state

   "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"

   "his lectures dispelled the darkness"

   Synonyms: dark

9. noun. an unilluminated area

   "he moved off into the darkness"

   Synonyms: dark, shadow

10. noun. absence of light or illumination

    Synonyms: dark

11. noun. absence of moral or spiritual values

    "the powers of darkness"

    Synonyms: dark, iniquity, wickedness

Synonyms

duskiness, swarthiness, dark, shadow, iniquity, wickedness

Common word forms

darknesses

Words from these letters

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