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/ˈdɑːknəs/ · noun
(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light..
The darkness of the room made it difficult to see.
Over everything was darkness and thick silence, and the smell of dust and sunflowers.
Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
Darkness imprisoning me / All that I see / Absolute horror / I cannot live / I cannot die / Trapped in myself / Body my holding cell
The darkness of her skin betrayed her Mediterranean heritage.
Out of the darkness came some flickers of light.
And now, the prophecy. One will come, the voice from the outer world, bringing the holy war, the jihad, which will cleanse the universe and bring us out of darkness.
It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder on a great scale, and men going at it blind - as is very proper for those who tackle a darkness.
Use darkness when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Darkness means (uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light..
Common synonyms include dark, iniquity, swarthiness, wickedness.
Possible antonyms include lightness, light, lighting.
The darkness of the room made it difficult to see.
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